Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 3059] Marking multiple frames in range at once with button

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:25:22 -0800 (PST)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3059





--- Comment #17 from Stephen Fisher <stephentfisher@xxxxxxxxx>  2008-11-17 14:25:21 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #14)
> (In reply to comment #10)
> > (In reply to comment #9)
> > 
> > > OK, so I like the idea of being able to easily mark a large range of packets,
> > > but what do the core Wireshark developers think as to how best to implement it
> > > via the best key combinations?  
> > 
> > Using one key on the keyboard (shift?) + dragging the mouse seems like the most
> > intutive method to me.  
> 
> Yes, this sounds like something very useful and intuitive. There should be a
> little marker in the status line showing that you are in "marking mode" while
> the marking keys are pressed. I would prefer a combined special key though,
> shift seems to be to general... How'bout "Shift+Ctrl+Alt"?

Would the user need to hold down SHIFT+CTRL+ALT *and* the up/down/end/home/etc
key at the same time?  I wonder if there is anything in the Windows/MacOS/Gnome
interface guidelines for a situation like this... I can't check until later
though.


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