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Note!
Calling a Web browser might be unsupported in your version of Wireshark. If this is the case,
the corresponding menu items will be hidden.
Note!
If calling a Web browser fails on your machine, maybe because just nothing happens or
the browser is started but no page is shown, have a look at the web browser setting in the
preferences dialog.
3.16. The "Main" toolbar
The main toolbar provides quick access to frequently used items from the menu. This toolbar cannot be
customized by the user, but it can be hidden using the View menu, if the space on the screen is needed
to show even more packet data.
As in the menu, only the items useful in the current program state will be available. The others will be
greyed out (e.g. you cannot save a capture file if you haven't loaded one).
Figure 3.14. The "Main" toolbar
Table 3.13. Main toolbar items
Toolbar
Icon
Toolbar Item Corresponding
Menu Item
Description
Interfaces... Capture/
Interfaces...
This item brings up the Capture Interfaces List
dialog box (discussed further in Section 4.3, “Start
Capturing”).
Options... Capture/Options... This item brings up the Capture Options dialog box
(discussed further in Section 4.3, “Start Capturing”)
and allows you to start capturing packets.
Start Capture/Start This item starts capturing packets with the options
form the last time.
Stop Capture/Stop This item stops the currently running live capture
process Section 4.3, “Start Capturing”).
Restart Capture/Restart This item stops the currently running live capture
process and restarts it again, for convenience.
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Open... File/Open... This item brings up the file open dialog box that allows
you to load a capture file for viewing. It is discussed
in more detail in Section 5.2.1, “The "Open Capture
File" dialog box”.
Save As... File/Save As... This item allows you to save the current capture file
to whatever file you would like. It pops up the Save
Capture File As dialog box (which is discussed further
in Section 5.3.1, “The "Save Capture File As" dialog
box”).