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7.6.1 Markers
This section explains the features of Markers. A marker is an entity that flags a physical or
logical item of interest within a trace file. A marker contains one or more attachments.
You can add a marker to a trace file or unmark a trace file by removing the marker.
Markers are represented graphically in a different way in the application.You can not only
add markers to the packets but it is granular enabling you to also add markers to
individual cells.
Markers Overview
This functionality provides the user an easy way to navigate through attachments which is
a discrete piece of information or data added to a marker, for example, a text description
or file, an attachment of a trace file by a predefined order, video or audio files, URL links
or any other files.
Functionality of Markers
The markers functionality allows you to add markers to:
 Whole packets or frames
 Specific Cells
 Specific values within a cell: Bytes, words, etc.
You can add attachments to markers.
Right‐click on any cell of a packet and select Set Marker from the menu as shown below.
The Create Marker dialog displays (see Figure 7.14 on page 125 ).
Set New Marker
Markers are useful to identify specific points in the data. By default markers follow a
numbering convention but can be renamed. Markers can also be inserted by using
the keyboard (see
Figure 7.14 on page 125 ):
 Hover your mouse pointer over a packet and press Ctrl+K to insert a marker for
that packet.
 Click a packet to select it and press Ctrl+L to insert a marker for that packet.