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Bug ID	12566
Summary	Allow Preferences to be applied without closing the Preferences dialog
Product	Wireshark
Version	2.0.4
Hardware	x86
OS	Windows 7
Status	UNCONFIRMED
Severity	Enhancement
Priority	Low
Component	Qt UI
Assignee	bugzilla-admin@wireshark.org
Reporter	Jim@agdatasystems.com

Build Information:
Version 2.0.4 (v2.0.4-0-gdd7746e from master-2.0)

Copyright 1998-2016 Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> and contributors.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled (64-bit) with Qt 5.3.2, with WinPcap (4_1_3), with libz 1.2.8, with
GLib 2.42.0, with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.11.0, with Lua 5.2, with GnuTLS
3.2.15, with Gcrypt 1.6.2, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP, with QtMultimedia,
with AirPcap.

Running on 64-bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, build 7601, with locale C, with
WinPcap version 4.1.3 (packet.dll version 4.1.0.2980), based on libpcap version
1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b (20091008), with GnuTLS 3.2.15, with Gcrypt 1.6.2, with
AirPcap 4.1.1 build 1838.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU       Q 840  @ 1.87GHz (with SSE4.2), with 8177MB of
physical memory.


Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 12.0 build 40629
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In a Wireshark classroom environment, it's very useful to be able apply
preference changes without closing the Preferences dialog, and then to minimize
the Preferences dialog to the Windows Task Bar so that one can show students
the effect of the preference changes. This allows the instructor to get back to
the same place in the Preferences settings simply by restoring the Preferences
dialog instead of having to drill through the entire menu path again,
particularly since there is no longer an Edit Preferences icon on the icon
toolbar. This saves a lot of work if settings are being toggled back and forth
for demonstration purposes.

Currently, the only way to apply a preference change is to click Ok, which
closes the Preferences dialog. Even if the Preferences dialog stayed open, it
no longer has Minimize, Restore, and Maximize buttons, so the Preferences
dialog can no longer be minimized to the Task Bar, and it can not be manually
resized below a certain point, which is often too large to see enough of the
Packet List or Packet Details pane when connected to a classroom projector,
which usually has lower resolution than the regular PC display.

I'd like to see the Apply, Minimize, Maximize, and Restore buttons all
restored.

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