Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Is there a way to limit the available filters in the display filter selection l

[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff Heath wrote:
> Is there a way to remove some of the available choices in the display
> filter expression screen  (Analyze -> Display Filter -> Expression) ?  
>
> I'm doing work on an MGCP gateway and the only filters I'm interested in
> applying are the IP, MGCP, and SIP filters.  I know it's a  whiny
> complaint, but if someone could point me to the right place in the code
> I'd be willing to attempt to write a patch to add some sort of selection
> mechanism for dissectors of interest.

Does that mean only "the only filters I'm interested in applying 
are...", or does it also mean "the only protocols I care about 
dissecting are... and the protocols that encapsulate them?"

If it's the latter, then there's already a mechanism for disabling 
protocols; we could disable the display of filters for disabled protocols.