Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] "Save" and display filter field

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From: Jeff Jahr <jjahr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:42:09 -0700 (PDT)
Guy Harris wrote:
> I'm inclined to have only a "Save As" item, which writes the current
> capture out to a specified file (at least until we offer an option to
> edit packets in a capture, if we ever do).
> Any comments?

Yes, that sounds like a good idea.

On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Aaron Hillegass wrote:
 
> While we are discussing confusing UI:
> I find the display filter field on the main window misleading.  When I
> first tried Ethereal,  I typed a filter into the textfield,  and hit
> enter.  I expected the filter to be applied to the displayed data. After
> some experimentation,  I realized that the filter is only used when the
> file is reloaded.  
> 
> I think there should be an "apply filter" button (either on the main
> window or the filter window) that will reload the data with the filter
> activated.  Or,  the filter should be applied when the user hits enter
> in the display filter textfield.

Heh.  I had forgotten what a pain it was to figure this out the first
time.  This is definitely a suggestion worth implementing. ;)

-jsj