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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 3096] Ability to annotate packet captures

Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:21:10 -0800 (PST)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3096

--- Comment #33 from Anders Broman <anders.broman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 2012-02-12 06:21:09 PST ---
(In reply to comment #32)
> OK, I tried the svn version. Very nice!
> 
> Why not have a new column type Comment? This makes it easier than using a
> Custom column
> and figure out the name of the field...

Sure that could be added on top of the current stuff.

> 
> Thinking about actively using comments while analyzing a tracefile, I would
> find it helpful to
> have the information in a column, not just as an expert info...
> 
> Maybe it is not an either/or. It might depend on how people use things. So
> maybe we could
> provide both. 

Ageed 

>I like the idea of a green sign to indicate the existence of
> comments. However,
> if there are also warnings, they hide the comments... Hmm.

Valid point, needs some more thinking.

> 
> Double clicking on a packet or crtl-clicking, getting an edit window sound good
> to me.

Right mosue click and having it in that popup menu is what I'm looking at but
once the menu is there it can be accessed from different places.

> 
> Best regards
> Michael

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