From 867890a46ffee3967b9d725f3d7533fdc9fa6632 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: krut_ni <nils.kruthoff@dlr.de>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 18:25:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] generalized getters and setters for ints and bools

---
 .../DataModel/AssistantColorPicker.cs         | 12 +++----
 .../DataModel/AssistantComponentPropHelper.cs | 33 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../Assistants/DataModel/AssistantHeading.cs  |  7 ++--
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantColorPicker.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantColorPicker.cs
index c0030f28..6a7dd7b8 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantColorPicker.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantColorPicker.cs	
@@ -25,20 +25,20 @@ internal sealed class AssistantColorPicker : AssistantComponentBase
     
     public bool ShowAlpha
     {
-        get => !this.Props.TryGetValue(nameof(this.ShowAlpha), out var val) || val is true;
-        set => this.Props[nameof(this.ShowAlpha)] = value;
+        get => AssistantComponentPropHelper.ReadBool(this.Props, nameof(this.ShowAlpha), true);
+        set => AssistantComponentPropHelper.WriteBool(this.Props, nameof(this.ShowAlpha), value);
     }
     
     public bool ShowToolbar
     {
-        get => !this.Props.TryGetValue(nameof(this.ShowToolbar), out var val) || val is true;
-        set => this.Props[nameof(this.ShowToolbar)] = value;
+        get => AssistantComponentPropHelper.ReadBool(this.Props, nameof(this.ShowToolbar), true);
+        set => AssistantComponentPropHelper.WriteBool(this.Props, nameof(this.ShowToolbar), value);
     }
     
     public bool ShowModeSwitch
     {
-        get => !this.Props.TryGetValue(nameof(this.ShowModeSwitch), out var val) || val is true;
-        set => this.Props[nameof(this.ShowModeSwitch)] = value;
+        get => AssistantComponentPropHelper.ReadBool(this.Props, nameof(this.ShowModeSwitch), true);
+        set => AssistantComponentPropHelper.WriteBool(this.Props, nameof(this.ShowModeSwitch), value);
     }
     
     public string PickerVariant
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantComponentPropHelper.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantComponentPropHelper.cs
index 58673406..44c37ee7 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantComponentPropHelper.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantComponentPropHelper.cs	
@@ -16,4 +16,37 @@ internal static class AssistantComponentPropHelper
     {
         props[key] = value ?? string.Empty;
     }
+
+    public static int ReadInt(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key, int fallback = 0)
+    {
+        return props.TryGetValue(key, out var value) && int.TryParse(value?.ToString(), out var i) ? i : fallback;
+    }
+    
+    public static void WriteInt(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key, int value)
+    {
+        props[key] = value;
+    }
+    
+    public static int? ReadNullableInt(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key)
+    {
+        return props.TryGetValue(key, out var value) && int.TryParse(value?.ToString(), out var i) ? i : null;
+    }
+
+    public static void WriteNullableInt(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key, int? value)
+    {
+        if (value.HasValue)
+            props[key] = value.Value;
+        else
+            props.Remove(key);
+    }
+
+    public static bool ReadBool(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key, bool fallback = false)
+    {
+        return props.TryGetValue(key, out var value) && bool.TryParse(value.ToString(), out var b) ? b : fallback;
+    }
+
+    public static void WriteBool(Dictionary<string, object> props, string key, bool value)
+    {
+        props[key] = value;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantHeading.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantHeading.cs
index c01166dc..ce2bc2de 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantHeading.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/Assistants/DataModel/AssistantHeading.cs	
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ internal sealed class AssistantHeading : AssistantComponentBase
 
     public int Level
     {
-        get => this.Props.TryGetValue(nameof(this.Level), out var v) 
-               && int.TryParse(v.ToString(), out var i) 
-            ? i 
-            : 2;
-        set => this.Props[nameof(this.Level)] = value;
+        get => AssistantComponentPropHelper.ReadInt(this.Props, nameof(this.Level), 2);
+        set => AssistantComponentPropHelper.WriteInt(this.Props, nameof(this.Level), value);
     }
 
     public string Class