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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Subtree expand/collapse tracking

From: Roland Knall <rknall@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 08:31:51 +0100
Could you create a bug entry for this, including an example trace, with which we could demonstrate this behavior ?

Cheers
Roland

> Am 13.01.2018 um 01:24 schrieb Thomas Wiens <th.wiens@xxxxxx>:
> 
> Hi,
> when I build Wireshark from the current git repository, I get a
> different behaviour in tracking expanded/collapsed subtrees compared to
> the latest stable 2.4.4.
> 
> In 2.4.4 if I have expanded a 2nd level (or deeper) subtree element like
> tcp.flags and then selected another packet, then also the tree was
> expanded to this level.
> I thought the intention of the ett_ variables are to keep track of which
> subtrees are expanded.
> 
> With my compiled version from the git repository, the expanded nodes are
> only tracked on the root node. In tcp for example, if I expand the tcp
> tree then all other tcp root nodes are expanded in all other packets I
> select.
> All subtree elements are closed, but now always. And it does not seem
> like random when an expanded subtree element is tracked.
> 
> Is this an intented "new behaviour" or a bug?
> 
> System: Windows 7, 32 Bit
> 
> -- 
> Thomas
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