Folder Variables, Keychain Function, and Layout Toggle

This release introduces folder variables, a keychain access template function for secure credential handling, and high-contrast themes to improve readability.

You’ll also find a new toggle for horizontal / vertical layout switching, along with a refreshed update experience that doesn’t interrupt your focus.

🎥 Yaak’s has a YouTube channel! Every release will also now feature a video explaining the new features.

📂 Folder environment variables

You can now create (or override) environment variables for all requests within a folder, by navigating to Folder > Settings > Variables.

This makes it easy to scope values like URL paths, resource IDs, and other values to all requests inside a folder, like https://api.example.com/users/${[user_id]}

See also: feedback

🔐 Keychain access template function

Yaak now ships with a keychain(...) template function that lets you pull secrets straight from your operating system’s keychain.

This means you can reference credentials that are already on your system instead of duplicating them inside Yaak.

See also: feedback

🖥️ Layout direction toggle

You can now toggle between horizontal and vertical layouts by clicking on the “layout” icon in the top-right corner of the window.

Yaak previously tried to automatically select the correct layout based on window size, but it wasn’t always the desired outcome. Many of you wanted the ability to use the vertical layout at large window sizes as well. Now you can!

See also: feedback

🎨 High-contrast themes

For those needing stronger visual contrast, Yaak now includes two new high-contrast themes for both light and dark modes.

Enable the new themes by going to Settings > Themes and enabling one of the following:

• Hight Contrast Light
• High Contrast Dark

As a bonus, the contrast of the default light theme has also been increased.

See also: feedback

📦 New update experience

Say goodbye to the annoying “Update Available” alert that disrupts your focus, and say hello to a better-integrated update experience.

You’ll have to wait until the next release to actually experience it 😅

The new updater:

• Automatically downloads updates (togglable in settings)
• Shows a notification when an update is available
• Shows a notification to restart the app

Restarting the app after an update is also now fixed in this release.

See also: feedback