Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] Opinions on solving bug #1375: Capture Options with many IP addresses scrolls off sc

[Stephen Fisher <stephentfisher@xxxxxxxxx>]

I need some people's opinions on how we should solve bug #1375: "Capture 
Options with many IP addresses scrolls off screen" because I can't 
decide the best way to do it.  The problem is that the IP address: field 
in the capture dialog makes the window as wide as the screen and scrolls 
off the edge of the widget if there are many IP addresses on the 
selected interface.

So far in my local code base, I've introduced the ... at the end of the 
label in GTK 2.6 and up and inserted an event box in between the hbox 
for the IP address list and the IP address label so it now cuts it off 
with the natural width of the window with ... or just cuts off before 
the edge of the widget.  The event box keeps it looking clean and 
fitting within the hbox, and it even allows me to add tooltips when you 
point to the label.  However, with a lot of IP addresses the tooltip is 
apparently too long and only flashes on the screen for a moment before 
disappearing :).  With a hand full of addresses, it works nicely.

Should we list all of the IP addresses in some way - perhaps with 
another button to pop-up a list?  That seems like we're overdoing it, 
but the user is saying that they usually want to look through the IPs at 
the beginning or the end and I suspect that others would want to look at 
any IP in the list.  Or should we just keep it with the ... at the end 
and fitting nicely into the capture dialog (requires the event box).  
Any other ideas?


Thanks,
  Steve