When viewing captured packets in the GUI, one can click e.g. on the 'Source' field of such a packet (it will then get marked by a dotted rectangle). Is there a way to copy only the contents of this field (in this case the IP address)? The right-click Menu command Copy always copies the whole packet in various formats.
Did you try to copy the IP address from the details screen?
For more information, see the web page
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_h...
Section 6.2.3. Pop-up Menu Of The “Packet Details” Pane
I tried to copy it from the 'Packet List' pane. That is, click on a value in a row in a column. It gets dot-rectangled but i didn't find a way to copy just this value. It can't even be selected. Maybe I'm missing something since this is a very obvious feature. If you just want to copy the Source IP address to e.g. ping it you have first to copy the entire packet contents via the Copy right-click menu, paste it somewhere then copy just the info you want. Surely there must be an easier way.
I tried to copy it from the 'Packet List' pane. That is, click on a value in a row in a column. It gets dot-rectangled but i didn't find a way to copy just this value. It can't even be selected. Maybe I'm missing something since this is a very obvious feature. If you just want to copy the Source IP address to e.g. ping it you have first to copy the entire packet contents via the Copy right-click menu, paste it somewhere then copy just the info you want. Surely there must be an easier way.
I've now tried it and it works. Thanks for the hint!
But I found it rather clumsy to click through the tree view in the 'Packet Details' pane until I got to the desired Information which I can see clearly in the 'Packet List' pane. Would it be feasible to make the fields in the 'Packet List' pane selectable? This would allow to copy them directly with fewer clicks. If that's a feature which would be approved by the developer community, I'll consider to contribute there.
Great that you want to contribute. See this page how to do that: https://www.wireshark.org/develop.html
But I found it rather clumsy to click through the tree view
Or use right-click and select 'Expand Subtrees' or 'Expand all'.
There is a work-around to copy the value from the 'Packet List' pane: select 'Prepare as filter' and then copy the value from the display filter bar. (Does not work on the 'Info' column.)
Asked: 2022-11-18 16:47:23 +0000
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Last updated: Nov 18 '22
