On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Gerald Combs wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, John McDermott wrote:
>
> > Guy wrote:
> >
> > By the way, should the "-S" option try to make the packet list window
> > scroll to the bottom whenever it adds packets, so that the most recently
> > captured packets, rather than the first N packets of the capture, are
> > displayed?
> >
> > Reply:
> >
> > Please no. I'd hate to see that happen as the only alternative. I like being
> > able to look at one group of packets while others are being captured. Maybe we
> > should make it an option to scroll to the bottom on new data. The non-scroll
> > is a feature of Ethereal I find very nice. I use it literally all the time.
>
> There is some unused window real estate where the packet list scroll
> bars meet. Would it be useful to place a "lock" button there, so that you
> could change the behavior on the fly?
Yes please! I was thinking of making the scrolling rule be that if the
slider bar was at the bottom of the list, the window would follow new
packets, and if the bar was anyplace else it would hold still, but I like
the idea of a lock button even more.
-jsj
