[steve l <stevelpub@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Does anyone know if it is possible to copy all of the text as displayed in the wireshark packet detail section (the middle pane) to the clipboard as plain text?

Have just downloaded the latest version of Wireshark (Windows) and you can copy a single row (by right clicking the row and choosing copy-->description).  Would be great if you could select multiple rows (by holding ctrl or shift, or pressing ctrl-a, as you do with other windows apps) and then get the same right click copy options (the ability to ctrl-c would also be nice!).

I saw an entry in the wishlist on the wiki suggesting something similar (rows 10-12 of the GUI section) so i'm guessing this functionality isn't available yet but does anyone know if there are plans to actively look at this, or if there is work-around in the mean time?

I spend quite a bit of time examining packet traces and often have to grab and log certain packets into a word document in a readable format...this ranges from a whole packet to a single field.  I have been doing this by expanding the sections I need and doing a screen grab until now.  However, the size of my doc obviously grows quickly this way, and i don't really need the colours etc....plain fixed width text would be perfect.  




On a similar note, it would seem that the same approach could be
applied to the packet list and hex views too (ctrl, shift, ctrl-a,
ctrl-c).  I guess most people would want ctrl-c to map to copying what you have selected as plain text but I guess that could be a configurable option.

Cheers,

Steve.