Re: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 9817] Provide a way to clear the capture window without restarting the capture or reapplying the filter

[Bill Meier <wmeier () newsguy com>]

On 2/28/2014 2:46 PM, bugzilla-daemon () wireshark org wrote:
> *Comment # 3
> <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9817#c3> on bug
> 9817 <https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9817> from Guy
> Harris <mailto:guy () alum mit edu> *
>
> (In reply tocomment #2  <show_bug.cgi?id=9817#c2>)
> > It means to clear the display.
>
> The display shows the (possibly improper) subset of captured packets that pass
> the currently-active filter (if any; if none, all packets "pass", hence
> "possibly improper").
>
> Thus, there are two ways to "clear the display", in the sense of having no
> packets shown:
>
>      1) have a filter that matches no packets;
>
>      2) permanently discard all the captured packets.
>
> > If that means discarding all captured packets, then yes, that sounds about
> > right.
>
> That's choice number 2.
>
> > Is that the same as restarting the running live capture?
>
> If you are currently running a live capture, and want to clear the display but
> continue to capture, the only conceivable way to do that would be to restart
> the capture - because doing that amounts to restarting the capture, so it's not
> as if it's logically possible to implement that *except* by restarting the
> capture.
>
> If you are currently running a live capture, and want to *stop* capturing and
> clear the display, that would be done by stopping the capture and then closing
> it.
>
> If you're finished capturing, and want to clear the display, that would be done
> by closing the capture.


How about a third choice: just clear the summary pane (or scroll down so 
that the previous last line shown is at now the top (or similar) ?



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