Endpoint

Every request in Tigrister lives inside a tab. Tabs sit in a bar at the top of the workspace and hold the full state of an endpoint — URL, method, body, headers, response, and history. You can keep many tabs open at once and switch between them instantly.

Tab Types

Tigrister supports four endpoint types. Each tab shows a short badge on the left indicating its type:

HHTTP request — the standard REST/HTTP workflow with method, URL, body, headers, and authentication.
SServer-Sent Events (SSE) — connect to an event stream and observe messages as the server emits them.
GQLGraphQL — write queries and mutations against a GraphQL endpoint with schema support.
WSWebSocket — open a persistent two-way connection and exchange messages with the server.

Adding a Tab

The type selector sits on the right side of the tabs bar. It controls which type of tab the + button will create:

  1. Open the type selector dropdown (right side of the tabs bar) and pick HTTP, SSE, GQL, or WS.
  2. Click the + button. A new tab of the selected type opens and becomes active.

The type selector remembers your last choice during the session, so repeated + clicks keep creating the same type of tab until you change it.

Renaming a Tab

Each tab has an edit icon that appears when you hover over it, next to the close button. To rename:

  1. Hover the tab and click the pencil icon.
  2. Type the new name in the inline input. The name is limited to 30 characters.
  3. Press Enter to save or Escape to cancel. Clicking away also saves.

Closing a Tab

Click the × icon on the right side of a tab to close it. If the tab has unsaved changes linked to a Box item or a Project endpoint, Tigrister asks for confirmation before closing. A checkbox inside the dialog lets you disable the prompt for future tabs.

Tabs with unsaved changes display a small blue dot on their left side so the dirty state is visible at a glance.

Tab Context Menu

Right-click any tab to open the context menu. It exposes the following actions:

  • Duplicate Tab — creates an exact copy of the tab, including URL, body, headers, and auth configuration.
  • Close Tab — closes the clicked tab. Same as the × icon.
  • Close Other Tabs — closes every tab except the clicked one.
  • Close All Tabs — closes every open tab at once.
  • Close Tabs to Left — closes every tab positioned to the left of the clicked one.
  • Close Tabs to Right — closes every tab positioned to the right of the clicked one.

Scrolling Through Tabs

When the number of open tabs exceeds the width of the workspace, left and right arrow buttons appear on the edges of the tabs bar. Clicking them scrolls the bar by a fixed amount. Tigrister also auto-scrolls to the new tab when you add one and to the active tab when you switch to it, so the current tab is always in view.

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