Layout

Panes

The main Noodle view has four panes:

Pane	Description
Sidebar	Collection tree with folders and requests
URL bar	Edit and inspect the request URL. Tab switches between method
selector and URL field within the URL bar. Click Send at the right to run the request.
Request	Request detail view with inline editing
Response	Response rendering (idle / sending / done / error)

Focus

Press Tab / Shift+Tab to cycle focus through sidebar → URL bar → request → response. The active pane gets a cyan border with a ▸ prefix in its title. When the URL bar is focused, Tab cycles between the HTTP method selector and the URL text field. Folder view has sidebar and folder panes; the environment editor has environment sidebar, header, and variable panes; and the cookie jar has domain sidebar and cookie list panes.

Layout Modes

Press Ctrl+L to toggle between:

• Stacked: panes stack vertically
• Side-by-side: request and response split horizontally

Press F2 to expand the focused pane to full width.

Editing

The request pane has two editing modes:

• Field browse: navigate between fields with arrow keys
• Edit: modify a field value (enter via Return, exit via Escape)

When the collection directory is read-only (browse or empty mode), the request pane is view-only. Initialize the directory from the command palette to enable editing.

Status Bar

The footer bar runs along the bottom of the TUI and shows three segments:

• Left: active environment name with its configured color badge
• Center-right: keyboard shortcut hints – only the most-used actions are shown, and hints adapt to terminal width by hiding when space is tight
• Far right: Noodle v{version} branding in the primary color

Shortcut hints use your custom keybindings from ~/.config/noodle/keybinds.yml. The send, save, palette, jump, and help keys always appear; narrower terminals drop additional hints while keeping the branding visible.