Re: Byte view mouse hover behaviour

[Roland Knall <rknall () gmail com>]

See https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/4178 for the
functionality change

Am Mo., 13. Sept. 2021 um 11:37 Uhr schrieb Roland Knall <rknall () gmail com>:

> Looks to me that we actually have an inconsistency in behavior. If you
> click on a byte, the underlying field gets selected in the byteview as well
> as packetdetail pane and stays selected, until you click someplace else. If
> you do the same the other way around, it does not work, as the selection is
> not locked in in the byteview.
>
> Bugfix inbound, and I don't think it needs to be configurable, as it
> actually solves the underlying issue
>
> cheers
> Roland
>
> Am Sa., 11. Sept. 2021 um 15:45 Uhr schrieb 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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