https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3059
--- Comment #16 from Chris Maynard <christopher.maynard@xxxxxxxxx> 2008-11-17 14:20:41 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #10)
> Using one key on the keyboard (shift?) + dragging the mouse seems like the most
> intutive method to me. How about a keystroke to turn on and off marking
> sequential ranges of packets, such as the CTRL+SHIFT+M Chris brought up? You
> could turn on marking with that key sequence then every other packet you went
> across with your cursor was marked until you hit CTRL+SHIFT+M again?
I do prefer fewer keys but I still think it would be nice to be able to mark
without using the mouse. Say, CTRL-M to mark/unmark, then SHIFT-UP/DOWN (or
the other variants I mentioned) to apply the mark/unmark to more packets? This
behavior would be somewhat similar to files selected in Windows Explorer. If
you select a file, then SHIFT-[DOWN|UP|PAGEUP|PAGEDOWN|END|HOME], you will
continue to select files as the keys dictate. Highlighting/selecting lines of
text in many editors works similarly as well. I realize these operations of
selecting files and lines of text vs. marking packets are not the same thing,
but I think they're similar enough and it seems mostly intuitive to me. I bow
to the core developer's opinions though - just offering some alternatives.
>
> FYI, the range function when saving a trace is quite powerful. You can do
> range(s) and/or individual packets. For example: "1-20,26,30-34,60-" to refer
> to packets 1-20, 26, 30-34 and 60 to the end of the trace file.
But of course this means you have to remember all the packet #'s. And it
requires a save to accomplish it, which means having to remember all the
desired marked packets beforehand and entering them in the range field at once,
as opposed to being able to mark your packets as you go, then save them all
once you're done. I think technically the functionality exists already to get
what you want, but I think this proposed feature makes it much easier and
convenient to do it, that's all.
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