Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Re: interface options patch IV

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 24, 2003, at 10:44 PM, Nathan Jennings wrote:

> Attached is a new version that's a diff against current CVS. I think 
> it's much more intuitive (Thanks Richard U. for suggesting it.).

Checked in.

> The patch changes the UI so:
>
> 1) the CList updates as you enter/modify options.

A better UI might be one where you can directly type into the 
description column in that CList, and have a checkbox in that CList for 
enabled/disabled, and get rid of the other widgets in that dialog box.

Unfortunately, GTK+ 1.2[.x]'s CList widget can't handle that, so, 
absent better widgets, we're stuck with what we have in the 1.2[.x] 
version.

We might be able to do better in the GTK+ 2.x version, using its 
replacement tree/list widget.  (See, for example, the Edit > Protocols 
UI, which I think has a checkbox for enabled/disabled in the 2.x 
version.)