httpYac PrimeNav

Stop scrolling through .http files. Workspace-wide navigation tree, global search, and pin feature. Then send via httpYac.

Workspace-wide navigation for .http and .rest files using httpYac conventions.

It adds a dual-panel tree, fuzzy search and metadata-aware grouping for httpYac request files.

Features

• Dual tree views — the sidebar shows two panels side by side:
  • Current File (top) — visible only when an .http / .rest file is active; lists its sections and requests fully expanded.
  • Workspace Requests (bottom) — full workspace tree, collapsed by default, with automatic reveal of the active file.
• Method badge icons — GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE and other HTTP verbs are rendered as coloured SVG badges, making the method immediately visible.
• Fuzzy search over every request, filterable by method, name, file path or URL — Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+H opens it scoped to the current file, Cmd+Ctrl+H / Ctrl+Alt+H opens it workspace-wide, and a title-bar button toggles the scope once open.
• Pinned requests — pin any request from the tree or the search picker; pinned requests appear at the top of the tree and at the top of the quick-pick when the search box is empty. Pins are persisted per-workspace.
• httpYac metadata aware — # @name, # @title, # @ref, # @forceRef, # @disabled, # @import and #### sections shape the labels and grouping.
• Click to reveal — jump straight to the request line in the editor.
• Send delegation — when the httpYac extension is installed, an inline ▶ button runs the request through it.

This is a navigation-only extension: it ships no HTTP engine and renders no responses. Execution is delegated to httpYac.

Usage

1. Open a workspace containing .http / .rest files.
2. Click the httpYac PrimeNav icon in the Activity Bar.
3. Open an .http file — the Current File panel shows its requests immediately.
4. Browse the workspace tree or fuzzy-search requests: Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+H (current file) or Cmd+Ctrl+H / Ctrl+Alt+H (whole workspace).
5. Click a request to reveal it; use the ▶ action to send it via httpYac.

Pinned Requests

Click the pin icon ($(pin)) next to any request in the tree, or the pin button on each item in the search picker, to pin it. Pinned requests:

• Appear in a Pinned group at the top of the activity bar tree.
• Are shown at the top of the quick-pick when the search box is empty.
• Survive editor restarts — pins are stored in workspace state.
• Are identified by # @name when present (stable across line shifts), otherwise by line number (best-effort).

If a pinned request is deleted or renamed, its tree entry turns into a stale (missing) node with a remove button.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
httpyacPrimeNav.fileGlob	**/*.{http,rest}	Glob used to discover request files.
httpyacPrimeNav.excludeGlob	**/node_modules/**	Glob excluded from discovery.
httpyacPrimeNav.groupBySections	true	Group requests under #### Section headers.
httpyacPrimeNav.showPinned	true	Show the Pinned group at the top of the tree.

License

MIT