Change Tracking:
- Track modifications to URL, method, body, syntax, and headers
- Show • indicator on modified tab labels
- Real-time update of tab state on any change
- Each tab independently tracks its modification state
Unsaved Change Warnings:
- Warn when closing tabs with unsaved changes
- Warn when closing application with any unsaved tabs
- Destructive action styling for close confirmations
- Smart messages: single tab vs multiple tabs
Smart Tab Loading:
- Detect empty "New Request" tabs (no URL, body, or headers)
- Replace empty tabs when loading from sidebar/history
- Create new tab when current tab has changes
- Seamless workflow without unnecessary tabs
Application Close Protection:
- Prevent accidental data loss on app close
- Check all tabs for unsaved changes
- Show confirmation dialog before closing
- Works with all close methods (X, Alt+F4, Quit)
Bug Fixes:
- Fix signal handler to accept variable arguments
- Proper handling of notify::selected signals
- Add automatic JSON and XML formatting for response bodies
- Replace TextView with GtkSourceView for syntax highlighting
- Add syntax selector dropdown (RAW/JSON/XML) for request body
- Use Source Code Pro font (12pt) for better readability
- Integrate with GNOME theme (Adwaita light/dark)
- Add line numbers and current line highlighting
- Persist syntax selection when saving/loading requests
- Maintain backward compatibility with existing saved requests
Simplify left sidebar by removing fold/unfold functionality while
keeping all project icon selection features:
- Remove GtkStack-based sidebar switching
- Remove fold/unfold buttons
- Delete SlimProjectItem widget
- Keep IconPickerDialog and project icons
- Keep Edit Project dialog with icon selection
The sidebar is now a static pane that cannot be folded or hidden.
Implement a collapsible sidebar that can be folded to show just project
icons in a slim strip, or expanded to show full project details. Projects
can now have custom icons selected from a 6x6 grid of 36 symbolic icons.
Features:
- Foldable sidebar with toggle button (fold/unfold)
- Slim sidebar view showing only project icons when folded
- Custom project icons with 36 symbolic icon choices
- Icon picker dialog with 6x6 grid layout
- Edit Project dialog (renamed from Rename) with name and icon selection
- Project icons displayed in both full and slim sidebar views
- Smooth transitions between folded/unfolded states
- Click on slim project icon to unfold sidebar
Technical changes:
- Add icon field to Project model with default "folder-symbolic"
- Create constants.py with PROJECT_ICONS list (36 symbolic icons)
- Implement IconPickerDialog with grid layout and selection
- Create SlimProjectItem widget for folded sidebar view
- Update ProjectManager.update_project() to handle icon changes
- Restructure sidebar using GtkStack for full/slim view switching
- Update project-item.ui to display project icon
- Change "Rename" menu to "Edit Project" with icon picker
- Add fold/unfold buttons with sidebar-show icons
- Update build system with new files and resources
Implement a 3-column layout with a collapsible sidebar for organizing
and managing HTTP requests within projects. Requests are stored in
~/.roster/requests.json for easy git versioning.
Features:
- Create, rename, and delete projects
- Save current request to a project with custom name
- Load saved requests with direct click (no confirmation dialog)
- Delete saved requests with confirmation
- Expandable/collapsible project folders
- Context menu for project actions
Technical changes:
- Add SavedRequest and Project data models with JSON serialization
- Implement ProjectManager for persistence to ~/.roster/requests.json
- Create RequestItem and ProjectItem widgets with GTK templates
- Restructure main window UI to nested GtkPaned (3-column layout)
- Add project management dialogs using AdwAlertDialog
- Update build system with new source files and UI resources
Replaces AdwOverlaySplitView with GtkPaned to allow both sections to have equal width by default. The divider automatically centers at 50/50 split when the window is first shown, while still allowing users to adjust it as needed.
Replaces AdwTabView/AdwTabBar with GtkStack/GtkStackSwitcher in both request and response sections to prevent tab reordering and provide a more compact UI without close buttons.
- Connected close-page signal on both request and response tab views
- Signal handler returns True to prevent tab closure
- Close buttons remain visible but are now non-functional
- Prevents accidental closure of Headers and Body tabs
Roster is a modern HTTP client application for GNOME, similar to Postman,
built with GTK 4 and libadwaita.
Features:
- Send HTTP requests (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
- Configure custom headers with add/remove functionality
- Request body editor for POST/PUT/DELETE requests
- View response headers and bodies in separate tabs
- Track request history with JSON persistence
- Load previous requests from history with confirmation dialog
- Beautiful GNOME-native UI with libadwaita components
- HTTPie backend for reliable HTTP communication
Technical implementation:
- Python 3 with GTK 4 and libadwaita 1
- Meson build system with Flatpak support
- Custom widgets (HeaderRow, HistoryItem) with GObject signals
- Background threading for non-blocking HTTP requests
- AdwTabView for modern tabbed interface
- History persistence to ~/.config/roster/history.json
- Comprehensive error handling and user feedback
