Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Wireshark-commits] master 931807e: Qt: Add the "new packet"

From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:44:37 -0800
On Feb 12, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Wireshark code review <code-review-do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> URL: https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=931807ea61cd9b2729fa06fefa6ce3a09b89ee4b
> Submitter: Gerald Combs (gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> Changed: branch: master
> Repository: wireshark
> 
> Commits:
> 
> 931807e by Gerald Combs (gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx):
> 
>    Qt: Add the "new packet" window^Wdialog^Wwindow.
> 
>    Allow persistence across files. Preserve the use of "window" even
>    though we're really a dialog.

So what's the difference between a "window" and a "dialog" here?

There's no minimize button, at least in OS X; is that intentional?

Presumably having double-clicking an item in the packet list not popping up a window is a Simple Matter of Programming not yet done, rather than intentional.