Ulf Lamping wrote:

> I've just added a new entry to the packet list context menu: 
> "Conversation Filter".

I think in at least some UI guidelines it's recommended that all 
functions available through the context menu also be available through 
the main menu; this might be something under "Analyze" (unless we have a 
separate "Filter" main menu, in which we might put other filtering options).

> If you select a packet and then use the context menu, you'll see the 
> following subentries:
> 
> - Ethernet
> - IP
> - TCP
> - UDP
> - PN-CBA Server (very PROFINET specific)

Is that list currently hard-wired?

It might be useful to allow a dissector to register, for the current 
link-layer packet, a filter for the current conversation.  The 
"Conversation Filter" menu(s) would have submenu items for all 
registered conversation filters.

> An entry will only be selectable, if the selected packet contains that 
> protocol.

In the scheme I'm talking about, the menu would only have entries for 
elements in the list of registered filters - and the menu item would be 
disabled if the list is empty.

> Motivation: I've often saw people using the "Follow TCP stream" function 
> "only" to filter the TCP stream, closing the upcoming dialog right after 
> it's shown.

YES.  I do that quite often.
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