Re: GUI Change for Wireshark Remote Interfaces

[Peter Wu <peter () lekensteyn nl>]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 12:57:53PM +0200, Roland Knall wrote:
> I've changed the title to something that helps me recognize it, but I can
> change it to something else.
>
> The show column is a duplicate of the list of interfaces in the first tab.
> The basic idea would be to manage all general issues of the interfaces
> (hide/show, comments, ...) in the first tab, use the second to add pipes
> and the third to remote interfaces.
>
> But on a more general note, as you cannot store the remote interfaces, why
> should you want to hide them? They are only valid in the current session
> anyway?

Not being able to store remote interface is probably a bug / missing
feature. See for example user responses at
https://ask.wireshark.org/questions/47141/remote-capture-on-startup

Kind regards,
Peter

> regards
> Roland
>
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com
> > wrote:
>
> > On 27 October 2016 at 10:36, Roland Knall <rknall () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am currently rewriting the ManageInterfacesDialog, and so far I am
> > > nearly done. The last thing open are the Remote Capture Interfaces.
> > >
> > > But to do this the right way, I am also going to get rid of the two popup
> > > dialogs and change the layout of the tab a little bit. So I wanted to get
> > > some feedback what you guys think or need for this. Please see the two
> > > attached links for a mockup of what the new dialog will look like.
> > >
> > > Just keep in mind, that although those are Mac-themed screens, the remote
> > > capture interfaces will still be only available on Windows (due to WinPCAP
> > > pcap_open).
> > >
> > > Add/Change Interface: http://pasteboard.co/jX66UVqWm.png
> > > Capture settings for interface: http://pasteboard.co/jX6whNYXn.png
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Roland
> > Should the tab title be "RPCap Remote interfaces" ?
> >
> > The current dialog has a "Show" column, I'm assuming that allows users to
> > show\hide an interface, that doesn't seem to be an option on the new
> > dialogs.
> >
> > --
> > Graham Bloice
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