Some remarks:
Can we select more than one packet in the GUI? IMHO we can only do this by
having pop-up windows with individual packets being displayed.
Range between first and last marked packet is only possible when at least 2
packets have been marked.
Maybe we can group functionality based on applying the dfilter or not:
+-- Select packets to be %s ------------------+
| (*) all packets |
| ( ) selected packets |
| ( ) marked packets |
| ( ) range from first to last marked packet |
+ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
| [x] apply display filter on packet range |
+---------------------------------------------+
where %s is either printed or saved, (*) is the default selected radio
button of the radio button group, and [x] represents a selected check box.
Regards,
Olivier
PS in Dutch-speaking Belgium, it is customary to write last name first (as
does our corporate Exchange server). People call me Olivier :)
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Guy Harris
|
| On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 02:37:30AM -0800, Dick Gooris wrote:
| > Guy, Biot, Ulf,
| >
| > Would it be an idea to make a set of radio buttons instead
| of a check
| > button.
|
| That's what the "Print" dialog box has. I think that the "Print" and
| "Save" dialog boxes should have the same options for selecting which
| packets to {print,save}.
|
| > I think of the following design then (for Save As.. ) :
| >
| > O Save all packets
| > O Save only packets currently being displayed
| > O Save only marked packets
| > O Save packet range between first and last marked packets.
| > O Save currently displayed packet range between first and
| last marked
| > packets.
|
| Or
|
| +-Save
| Range-------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| |
| | O Selected packets only, {N} packets
| |
| | O Marked packets only, {N} packets
| |
| | O All packets captured, {N} packets
| |
| | O All packets displayed, {N} packets
| |
| | O Displayed packets between first and last marked
| packet, {N} packets |
| | O Captured packets between first and last marked packet,
| {N} packets |
| |
| |
|
| +-------------------------------------------------------------
| -----------+
|
| along the lines of what we have in the Print dialog box.
|
| Should we have another one for "Marked displayed packets"?
|
| > Proposed UI rules :
| >
| > - All the above are radio buttons
|
| ...as is the case currently in the Print dialog.
|
| > - The default is the first one: 'Save all packets'
|
| ...as is *not* currently the case in the Print dialog, but as arguably
| *should* be the case in the Print dialog.
|
| > - "Save only marked packets", "Save packet range between
| first and last
| > marked packets", and "Save displayed packet range between
| first and last
| > marked packets", will become not selectable in case no
| markers are set.
|
| Yes.
|
| > - "Save only packets currently being displayed", and "Save
| displayed
| > packet range between first and last marked packets" become
| unselectable
| > when there is no display filter set.
|
| Yes (that's already the case for "All packets displayed" in the Print
| dialog box).
|
| "Selected packets only" is unselectable if there is no
| selected packet.
|
| The rule is that if {N} is 0 for any item, the item is not selectable.
|
| > We can add a radio button later which says ' O Save packet list [
| > Entry for packet list ] ' based on unfiltered packets, and
| again a list
| > of displayed packets. The last becomes rather complex due
| to the holes
| > in the numbering of the packets showed.
|
| I assume that's for user-specified packet ranges?
|
| Ulf, what did you have in mind for the range?