Re: Byte view mouse hover behaviour

[John Thacker <johnthacker () gmail com>]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 7:23 AM Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl> 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

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