Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Capture info dialog box - how to enable in 2.4.4
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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 15:40:51 -0700
On Mar 13, 2018, at 8:26 AM, joe tozer <wireshark.20090520@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In WireShark 1.10 under 'Capture Options' window it used to be possible to toggle on and off 'Hide capture info dialog' which brought up a small window during capture that showed a histogram with the numbers of different types of packets that had been captured.
> 
> How can I enable this feature in WS 2.4.4?

If you're using the Qt user interface, which is the default in Wireshark 2.x on most if not all platforms, you can enable it by writing code to implement it, submit a change to Wireshark, and get it accepted.

I.e., the Qt version of Wireshark doesn't support that dialog.