[John Thacker <johnthacker@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 7:23 AM Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all,

Often when working with captured data from some development setup I wonder around the packet bytes with the mouse pointer to try and follow where in the code under development certain parts of a packet contents is being created. What happens now is that the highlighting of the field where this particular bytes are from follows the mouse pointer. But I'm working the other way around, by first selecting a field in the packet details, then dive into the packet bytes, where I would like the selected field highlighting to remain, so I can navigate around while keeping my bearings in the packet.

But I recon this will upset people. So putting it behind a preference would a the way to go. The the question becomes where to put that? Anyone a good idea?

I would appreciate that, I have wished for that behavior myself. While one option is just giving it a name so that people can only access it through Preferences->Advanced, I think the most natural place is in Appearance->Layout. There's already a section for Packet List settings there, that includes a preference for "Enable mouse-over colorization." (https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/blob/master/epan/prefs.c#L3377-L3380) Perhaps add a "Packet Bytes settings" group and then the new preference.

Cheers,

John Thacker