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Context Menus

Rostyman provides right-click context menus throughout the app for quick access to common actions.

Collections​

Right-click a collection to see:

  • New Request — create a request in this collection
  • New Folder — create a folder
  • Rename / Duplicate / Delete
  • Export — export in multiple formats (Rostyman, Postman v2.1, OpenAPI, etc.)
  • Copy cURL — copy all requests as cURL commands

Folders​

Right-click a folder to see:

  • New Request — create a request in this folder
  • New Folder — create a subfolder
  • Rename / Duplicate / Move / Delete

Requests​

Right-click a request to see:

  • Open in New Tab / Duplicate
  • Rename / Move / Delete
  • Copy cURL — copy as a cURL command
  • Save as Template — save for reuse from the + menu
  • Select Multiple — enter multi-select mode for bulk operations

URL Bar Context Menu​

Right-click the URL input field to see:

  • Set as Variable — save selected text as a variable (environment, collection, or global)
  • Cut / Copy / Paste
  • EncodeURIComponent — URL-encode selected text in place
  • DecodeURIComponent — URL-decode selected text in place
  • Select All

"Set as Variable", "Cut", "Copy", "Encode", and "Decode" are disabled when no text is selected.

Tab Context Menus​

Right-click any tab to see:

  • Duplicate Tab
  • Close Tab / Close Other Tabs / Close All Tabs
  • Force Close — close without saving (discards unsaved changes)

Response Body Context Menu​

Right-click in the Pretty or Raw response view:

  • Set as Variable — save selected text as a variable
  • Standard Monaco editor actions (Copy, Select All, etc.)

Key-Value Table Context Menus​

Right-click any row in Params, Headers, or Form Data tables:

  • Copy Key — copy just the key
  • Copy Value — copy just the value
  • Copy Row — copy the full row (pasteable into other Rostyman tables)

Keyboard Alternatives​

Most context menu actions have keyboard shortcuts:

  • Ctrl+S / Cmd+S — Save request
  • Ctrl+D — Duplicate tab
  • Ctrl+W — Close tab
  • Del — Delete selected item (in sidebar)