[Feature Request] Remove "_." prefix when displaying or accessing variables

Hello everybody,

I’ve been using insomnia for along time, but I have an issue with some workspaces:

1- When declaring an env variable I was able to access them using {{name}} but now I always got {{_.name}}.

2- I was able to use nested variable declaration for example:

Workspace
│
└─ Environments:  
│
└── Development (Sub-Env) // json: {"base_url": "https://example.com"}
│
└─ Folders
│
└── API (Folder) // json: {"base_url": "{{base_url}}/api"}
│
└─── V1 (Folder) // json:  {"base_url": "{{base_url}}/v1"}
│
└──── // etc..

// At the end we need to get full joined url for example:
// {{base_url}}: https://example.com/api/v1/etc..

In some workspaces I got the correct result but in other I got something like:

http:///%7B%7B%20_.base_url%20%7D%7D/v1/v1/v1/v1/v1/v1/v1/v1

I’ve export data and reinstall app and import data again but same problem.

Any suggestions!

[Kyle-sandeman-mrdfood]

Hi, just chipping in that almost a year later, there is still a big confusion for me (new user) on why autocomplete inserts _. when my env vars do not specify them. Even more confusing is why it still works without the prefix… It leads me to believe the prefix should just be removed from insomnia? At minimum the docs should briefly cover why it exists

[smacktoid]

Thanks for commenting on this. It’s good to understand why this was changed.

Personally, I think the _. prefix looks a little messy and makes things a bit less readable, so I’d definitely +1 any improvements that can be made there.

I like the idea of using hyphens in variables though.