Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] static vs dynamic column width

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:36:19 -0700 (PDT)
> For "Live" capture & display, if we start out with a static column
> size and don't resize, we won't be able to view all of the information
> should a longer line be written to the (for example) Info column.  The
> text storage area may be larger, but the horizontal scroll bar won't
> take you to the end of the text string unless the column size has been
> adjusted. 

"Info" is probably typically the rightmost field, so resizing it won't
cause other fields to move; I think that was the main complaint the
other Guy :-) had.  If so, making a special case for "Info" might be OK.

> I haven't played with the -S feature yet.  I assume that you can
> select a frame for display, rather than having all of the frames just
> zoom by without being able to take a closer look.

Yes.