WISHLIST: Postman: Ability to hide specific variable rows on a Request block. CASE: Exposed variables driven by Environment variables (which VISUALLY appear empty and take the assigned Environment value unless explicitly connected and overridden)

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TIP (GOTCHA): Postman (v11.27.4): The value of a {{var}} set to an Environment variable (specifically) under Request settings is exposed as a Port on a Flow Request but does not VISUALLY APPEAR to take the Environment variable value (but in fact does)
It would be nice to be able to hide specific variable rows on a Flow Request block if they are not connected. One can currently – as of Postman (v11.27.4) – either hide all variables or show all variables, but not hide specific variables.
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[ISSUE]{INFORMATIVE} ISSUE: Postman (v11.27.4): You can access the underlying Request settings of a Request block in a Flow easily using the little angled arrow at the top of the Request block title, but getting back to the client Flow is cumbersome.
[GOTCHA, TIP]{INFORMATIVE} TIP (GOTCHA): Postman (v11.27.4): The value of a {{var}} set to an Environment variable (specifically) under Request settings is exposed as a Port on a Flow Request but does not VISUALLY APPEAR to take the Environment variable value (but in fact does)
[TIP]{INFORMATIVE} TIP: Postman: HOWTO Copy an API Request to a decoupled Collection Request and customise its parameters (or expose specific parameters to drive as Ports on Flows)
[TIP]{INFORMATIVE} TIP: Postman: Loading a new Open API JSON file as Definition will not override most customised query or body parameter settings on an API Request
[TIP]{INFORMATIVE} TIP: Postman: To make a query or body parameter appear as a driveable Port on a Flow Request block you have to expose it as a {{var}} variable under the underlying Request settings
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Group sets of variables in Postman using environments