This menu contains items to open and merge capture files, save / print / export capture files in whole or in part, and to quit from Wireshark. See Sectioná3.5, “The "File" menu”.

This menu contains items to find a packet, time reference or mark one or more packets, set your preferences, (cut, copy, and paste are not presently implemented). See Sectioná3.6, “The "Edit" menu”.

This menu controls the display of the captured data, including the colorization of packets, zooming the font, show a packet in a separate window, expand and collapse trees in packet details, .... See Sectioná3.7, “The "View" menu”.

This menu contains items to go to a specific packet. See Sectioná3.8, “The "Go" menu”.

This menu allows you to start and stop captures and to edit capture filters. See Sectioná3.9, “The "Capture" menu”.

This menu contains items to manipulate display filters, enable or disable the dissection of protocols, configure user specified decodes and follow a TCP stream. See Sectioná3.10, “The "Analyze" menu”.

This menu contains menu-items to display various statistic windows, including a summary of the packets that have been captured, display protocol hierarchy statistics and much more. See Sectioná3.11, “The "Statistics" menu”.

This menu contains items to help the user, like access to some basic help, a list of the supported protocols, manual pages, online access to some of the webpages, and the usual about dialog. See Sectioná3.12, “The "Help" menu”.