https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16786
Bug ID: 16786
Summary: Add GUI warning when sorting Packet List by
column/value
Product: Wireshark
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: Enhancement
Priority: Low
Component: Qt UI
Assignee: bugzilla-ad...@wireshark.org
Reporter: daul...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
Build Information:
Paste the COMPLETE build information from "Help->About Wireshark", "wireshark
-v", or "tshark -v".
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There are 2 main reasons a user would click in the title bar of the Packet
List:
1) Resize the column size (eg: by dragging it left/right)
2) Sort by value
Often users intend to do #1, but they accidentally click the wrong location and
do #2.
Problems:
1. When this happens for large captures, it can often take minutes to sort, and
then minutes again to re-sort to the original order.
2. It's not obvious that sorting is happening, because the message about
"Sorting: <COLUMN_NAME>" only appears in the small status bar at the bottom of
the window. Users often think Wireshark is frozen in this case
Enhancement Request: Add a Warning dialog/confirmation when a user clicks a
column header to sort-by-value. eg: "Are you sure you want to sort the entire
capture by <COLUMN_NAME> value?"
Additional things to consider for the Enhancement Request:
1. Maybe make it configurable to show a warning. (I think it should be enabled
by default though, because the users that would be confused by this in Problem
#2, wouldn't know an option exists to prevent it)
2. Maybe only apply this to "large" captures. I don't know what the size
threshold should be
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