Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] patches to add interface descriptions

[Richard Urwin <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Guy Harris wrote:
> > I also think the UI for letting the user specify the names
> > shouldn't involve having them construct a single string with all
> > the names and descriptions, it should let the user select an
> > interface and give it a name - for example, have the "Capture"
> > preferences page look like:
> >
> > 				Inteface:  [fxp0                     ][v]
> >
> >       Capture packets in promiscuous mode: []
> >
> >       Update list of packets in real time: []
> >
> >       Automatic scrolling in live capture: []
> >
> > 	       Interface fxp0 description: [                             ]
> >
> > 	        Interface lo0 description: [                             ]
>

On Sunday 06 Jul 2003 8:13 pm, Nathan Jennings wrote:
> I like this, however... how would GTK handle the text entry fields if
> there were too many interfaces on the machine to fit in the dialog?
> Is the dialog size dynamic? I'm a GTK newbie. :o(
>
> I suppose I err'd on the side of simplicity when I worked on this. I
> thought a description string was simple but still effective and
> ultimately very usable. Given that we have six interfaces on one of
> our machines, I can see where in some installations the capture
> dialog (GUI) might become too cluttered. For instance, if other
> capture features are added in the future, should the dialog scroll?

I like this feature, it would be very useful in a Windows setting, where 
all of the interfaces tend to have the same name, but wouldn't it be 
better to have a seperate dialog to set the description?

          Interface: [fxp0                                         ] [v]
      Description: [                                               ]

                           OK                             Cancel

I wouldn't like to see the capture dialog cluttered up like you suggest.

-- 
Richard Urwin