3.6. The "Edit" menu

The Ethereal Edit menu contains the fields shown in Table 3.2, “Edit menu items”.

Figure 3.4. The "Edit" Menu

The "Edit" Menu

Table 3.2. Edit menu items

Menu ItemAcceleratorDescription
Find Packet...Ctrl+F

This menu item brings up a dialog box that allows you to find a packet by many criteria. There is further information on finding packets in Section 6.6, “Finding packets”.

Find NextCtrl+N

This menu item tries to find the next packet matching the settings from "Find Packet...".

Find PreviousCtrl+B

This menu item tries to find the previous packet matching the settings from "Find Packet...".

------  
Time Reference > Set Time Reference (toggle)Ctrl+T

This menu item set a time reference on the currently selected packet. See Section 6.9.1, “Packet time referencing” for more information about the time referenced packets.

Time Reference > Find Next 

This menu item tries to find the next time referenced packet.

Time Reference > Find Previous 

This menu item tries to find the previous time referenced packet.

Mark Packet (toggle)Ctrl+M

This menu item "marks" the currently selected packet. See Section 6.8, “Marking packets” for details.

Mark All Packets 

This menu item "marks" all packets.

Unmark All Packets 

This menu item "unmarks" all marked packets.

------  
Preferences...Shift+Ctrl+P

This menu item brings up a dialog box that allows you to set preferences for many parameters that control Ethereal. You can also save your preferences so Ethereal will use them the next time you start it. More detail is provided in Section 9.5, “Preferences”.