Colorize traffic

For better and convenient viewing experience colorization of traffic is done to distinguish between different stream of packets. Colorization helps in differentiating between similar looking packets in ease.

To access the default colorizing profiles navigate to View | Coloring rules as shown in the following screenshot:

Coloring rules

All rules that are currently saved as part of your global configuration file to colorize traffic are listed in this dialog. Every packet listed in the packet list pane follows the rules defined in Coloring rules windows, which gives them a distinctive look.

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