Cancel the current request

[d3w3r]

Actually if a make a request that takes so much time the current tab of the request is blocked and there is no way to abort the request, i found this problem calling one API that has a bad implementation so i put some images:

The solution could be a cancel button for the request.

[d3w3r]

Trying this argument in the url was a bad idea 😆

[danirod]

Yeah, I am aware that the application currently lacks a way to cancel requests. I've suffered this and the only way I got to regain control of the program was to open a new tab and continue working there.

The fact that it's still not possible to set a predictable timeout in Cartero also makes the thing more slow.

I think that the least Cartero could do right now is to offer a button to stop the current request somewhere, either replacing the 'Send' button while a request is in progress, or covering the entire response pane. The first approach is faster to implement, the other approach could open more possibilities (displaying error messages in a pane, without using toasts, which is clunky)

[d3w3r]

Maybe for a timeout what about a preset value for all request and at the same time that inside each request the user can set manually a different timeout.

[danirod]

That's a really good idea, in fact. Maybe each request (and folder and collection) could have its own variable value to override the global settings or the parent settings.