Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] GUI layout preference, 1st proposal

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Hi List!

I've used Glade to make a prototype of a page for the preferences dialog:



The icons work like radio buttons.

The "Defaults" button will reset the settings to the values as shown.

If a radio button is pressed and the same button for another pane is already set, the old button will be set to a different value,
so one option (e.g. the "Packet List") will never be selected twice.


More than three panes on the screen might become too complicated to handle with, at least for this preference page IMO.

We could add other radio buttons later, like "Nothing" or "Endpoint List", but I would like to implement it the way described above to get an idea if its working ok.

As we have lot's of space in the page and only a few options, I would prefer radio buttons as they are better understandable. If we later get a lot more options, we might want to use three drop-down lists.

Regards, ULFL