User Guide

User Interface
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As usual for a hexdump, the left side shows the offset in the packet data, in the middle the packet data is
shown in a hexadecimal representation and on the right the corresponding ASCII characters (or . if not
appropriate) are displayed.
Depending on the packet data, sometimes more than one page is available, e.g. when Wireshark has
reassembled some packets into a single chunk of data, see Section 7.6, “Packet Reassembling”. In this case
there are some additional tabs shown at the bottom of the pane to let you select the page you want to see.
Figure 3.19. The "Packet Bytes" pane with tabs
Note!
The additional pages might contain data picked from multiple packets.
The context menu (right mouse click) of the tab labels will show a list of all available pages. This can be
helpful if the size in the pane is too small for all the tab labels.
3.21. The Statusbar
The statusbar displays informational messages.
In general, the left side will show context related information, the middle part will show the current number
of packets, and the right side will show the selected configuration profile. Drag the handles between the
text areas to change the size.
Figure 3.20. The initial Statusbar
This statusbar is shown while no capture file is loaded, e.g. when Wireshark is started.
Figure 3.21. The Statusbar with a loaded capture file
• The colorized bullet on the left shows the highest expert info level found in the currently loaded capture
file. Hovering the mouse over this icon will show a textual description of the expert info level, and
clicking the icon will bring up the Expert Infos dialog box. For a detailed description of expert info,
see Section 7.3, “Expert Infos”.
• The left side shows information about the capture file, its name, its size and the elapsed time while it
was being captured.
• The middle part shows the current number of packets in the capture file. The following values are
displayed:
• Packets: the number of captured packets
• Displayed: the number of packets currently being displayed