Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Patch] Add "Copy as Filter" menu item

From: Stephen Fisher <stephentfisher@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 19:27:40 -0800

On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 12:00:39AM +0100, Sake Blok wrote:

> This patch adds the menu-item "Copy as Filter" to the menu-bar, the 
> context-menu of the packet-list-pane and the context-menu of the 
> packet-detail-pane.

The feature sounds fine, but I keep wondering if there isn't a better 
name for it.  How about Copy Filter?  Or could we put it under one of 
the existing branches of the pop-up menu?

> The motivation for this extra menu-item is that I often use "Prepare
> as Filter", just to be able to copy the filter-expression from the
> filter-strip (with the annoying side-effect that the original filter
> in the strip gets lost).

What do you do with the filters that you prepare and copy?


Steve