6.2. Pop-up menus

You can bring up a pop-up menu over either the "Packet List" or "Packet Details" pane by clicking your right mouse button at the corresponding pane.

6.2.1. Pop-up menu of the "Packet List" pane

Figure 6.3. Pop-up menu of the "Packet List" pane

Pop-up menu of the "Packet List" pane


The following table gives an overview of which functions are available in this pane, where to find the corresponding function in the main menu, and a short description of each item.

Table 6.1. The menu items of the "Packet List" pop-up menu

ItemIdentical to main menu's item:Description
Mark Packet (toggle)Edit

Mark/unmark a packet.

Set Time Reference (toggle)Edit

Set/reset a time reference.

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Apply as FilterAnalyze

Prepare and apply a display filter based on the currently selected item.

Prepare a FilterAnalyze

Prepare a display filter based on the currently selected item.

Conversation Filter-

This menu item applies a display filter with the address information from the selected packet. E.g. the IP menu entry will set a filter to show the traffic between the two IP addresses of the current packet. XXX - add a new section describing this better.

Colorize Conversation-

This menu item uses a display filter with the address information from the selected packet to build a new colorizing rule.

SCTP-

XXX - add an explanation of this.

Follow TCP StreamAnalyze

Allows you to view all the data on a TCP stream between a pair of nodes.

Follow SSL StreamAnalyze

Same as "Follow TCP Stream" but for SSL. XXX - add a new section describing this better.

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Copy/ Summary (Text)-

Copy the summary fields as displayed to the clipboard, as tab-separated text.

Copy/ Summary (CSV)-

Copy the summary fields as displayed to the clipboard, as comma-separated text.

Copy/ As Filter 

Prepare a display filter based on the currently selected item and copy that filter to the clipboard.

Copy/ Bytes (Offset Hex Text)-

Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard in hexdump-like format.

Copy/ Bytes (Offset Hex)-

Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard in hexdump-like format, but without the text portion.

Copy/ Bytes (Printable Text Only)-

Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard as ASCII text, excluding non-printable characters.

Copy/ Bytes (Hex Stream)-

Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard as an unpunctuated list of hex digits.

Copy/ Bytes (Binary Stream)-

Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard as raw binary. The data is stored in the clipboard as MIME-type "application/octet-stream".

This option is not available in versions of Wireshark built using GTK+ 1.x.

Export Selected Packet Bytes...File

This menu item is the same as the File menu item of the same name. It allows you to export raw packet bytes to a binary file.

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Decode As...Analyze

Change or apply a new relation between two dissectors.

Print...File

Print packets.

Show Packet in New WindowView

Display the selected packet in a new window.


6.2.2. Pop-up menu of the "Packet Details" pane

Figure 6.4. Pop-up menu of the "Packet Details" pane

Pop-up menu of the "Packet Details" pane


The following table gives an overview of which functions are available in this pane, where to find the corresponding function in the main menu, and a short description of each item.

Table 6.2. The menu items of the "Packet Details" pop-up menu

ItemIdentical to main menu's item:Description
Expand SubtreesView

Expand the currently selected subtree.

Expand AllView

Expand all subtrees in all packets in the capture.

Collapse AllView

Wireshark keeps a list of all the protocol subtrees that are expanded, and uses it to ensure that the correct subtrees are expanded when you display a packet. This menu item collapses the tree view of all packets in the capture list.

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Copy/ DescriptionEdit

Copy the displayed text of the selected field to the system clipboard.

Copy/ FieldnameEdit

Copy the name of the selected field to the system clipboard.

Copy/ ValueEdit

Copy the value of the selected field to the system clipboard.

Copy/ As FilterEdit

Prepare a display filter based on the currently selected item and copy it to the clipboard.

Copy/ Bytes (Offset Hex Text)-

Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard in hexdump-like format; similar to the Packet List Pane command, but copies only the bytes relevant to the selected part of the tree (the bytes selected in the Packet Bytes Pane).

Copy/ Bytes (Offset Hex)-

Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard in hexdump-like format, but without the text portion; similar to the Packet List Pane command, but copies only the bytes relevant to the selected part of the tree (the bytes selected in the Packet Bytes Pane).

Copy/ Bytes (Printable Text Only)-

Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard as ASCII text, excluding non-printable characters; similar to the Packet List Pane command, but copies only the bytes relevant to the selected part of the tree (the bytes selected in the Packet Bytes Pane).

Copy/ Bytes (Hex Stream)-

Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard as an unpunctuated list of hex digits; similar to the Packet List Pane command, but copies only the bytes relevant to the selected part of the tree (the bytes selected in the Packet Bytes Pane).

Copy/ Bytes (Binary Stream)-

Copy the packet bytes to the clipboard as raw binary; similar to the Packet List Pane command, but copies only the bytes relevant to the selected part of the tree (the bytes selected in the Packet Bytes Pane). The data is stored in the clipboard as MIME-type "application/octet-stream".

This option is not available in versions of Wireshark built using GTK+ 1.x.

Export Selected Packet Bytes...File

This menu item is the same as the File menu item of the same name. It allows you to export raw packet bytes to a binary file.

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Apply as FilterAnalyze

Prepare and apply a display filter based on the currently selected item.

Prepare a FilterAnalyze

Prepare a display filter based on the currently selected item.

Colorize with Filter-

Prepare a display filter based on the currently selected item and use it to prepare a new colorize rule.

Follow TCP StreamAnalyze

Allows you to view all the data on a TCP stream between a pair of nodes.

Follow SSL StreamAnalyze

Same as "Follow TCP Stream" but for SSL. XXX - add a new section describing this better.

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Wiki Protocol Page-

Show the wiki page corresponding to the currently selected protocol in your web browser.

Filter Field Reference-

Show the filter field reference web page corresponding to the currently selected protocol in your web browser.

Protocol Preferences...-

The menu item takes you to the properties dialog and selects the page corresponding to the protocol if there are properties associated with the highlighted field. More information on preferences can be found in Figure 10.8, “The preferences dialog box”.

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Decode As...Analyze

Change or apply a new relation between two dissectors.

Resolve NameView

Causes a name resolution to be performed for the selected packet, but NOT every packet in the capture.

Go to Corresponding PacketGo

If the selected field has a corresponding packet, go to it. Corresponding packets will usually be a request/response packet pair or such.