Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] The previous filter list drop down and problems ...

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From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:09:24 -0800 (PST)
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Ian Schorr wrote:

> Richard,
> 
> Unless I misunderstand what you're saying, this doesn't happen for me.  
> You're saying that if multiple expressions are in the filter history 
> drop-down box, and you select one by clicking on it with the mouse 
> (either by unclicking the drop-down widget button and then clicking on a 
> list item, or by holding down the mouse button, highlighting a list item 
> and deselecting), the expression you selected never shows up in the 
> filter textbox?

That is what I am seeing.
 
> You're implying then that this works if you use some other selection 
> method, like the keyboard?  And that it doesn't happen if you only have 
> one entry?

The keyboard works. I have only tried it with one entry in the list. I 
have not tried it with any more.

> At the moment I'm using Redhat 9, GTK+/Glib 1.2.10, and a CVS build from 
> earlier today.

I am using RH9, Ethereal 0.10.0a, GTK_/GLIB 1.2.10.

> What *does* happen to me and bug me is that history only seems to store 
> manually entered filters.  Most, if not all auto-generated display 
> filters don't appear to be added to the filter history list.

Well, when I used prepare selected, it went into the list.

> Ian
> 
> Richard Sharpe wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >If you have several filter expressions in the filter expression history, 
> >and click the down arrow icon to select one. If you then select one with 
> >the mouse, none of them turns up in the filter expression field.
> >
> >Regards
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