Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] PATCH - GUI cleanup with SRT

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Ian Schorr wrote:

> Closes the filter dialog boxes for SRT modules when the user generates 
> the SRT list.
>
> I'm assuming this is better behavior?  It's certainly preferred by 
> me.  There is, at best, an equal number of clicks to refocus the SRT 
> filter window as there is to generate a new window (one) and at worst 
> several more, so I'm not sure that having it stick around is 
> advantageous for users that want to launch a barrage of SRT lists for 
> a single protocol.  It's definitely annoying to users that only want 
> to generate one SRT list at a time.
I have doubts, that the current model of having two dialogs is a good 
idea at all.

It might be better to have one dialog, which includes the filter and 
additional widgets (maybe hideable by a details button or such).

Regards, ULFL