Decode page display the packet in a traditional way (3 pane) style decode view. This view is designed for people who want to look into the meaning of packet binary. However, the Dialog size is limited so maybe it is not so ideal to see the full packet decode result.
BoneLight implemented several unique design to help end user read the packet in a cute window easier.
First technology is called intelli-dot, you can see a normal IP address in a full length, when you try to reduce the width of the Source/Dest. column, the IP address will have to reduce the content to adapter to the display. Normally, a text will be shown as "something..." when its width are not satisfied to display the full content. However, the IP address has different shape, the 4 fields separated by 3 dots of IP address can have different priority. The first field and the last usually are most meaningful to identify a specific host. So in BoneLight, the reduced content is not usually from the end, an IP for ex. 172.16.11.168 for the first compact will be 172...11.168 and next time will be 172...168 and so on. BoneLight use such intelli-dot algorithm to save the screen size and keep the efficiency of seeing packet list.
Not only for the compact displaying, but also with the sense of the protocol layer. When the mouse pointer move to the protocol column.
you will find a red circle highlighting a scrollbutton, by click up arrow of the scrollbutton, you will see the protocol and related address will switched between different layers.
this feature ensure you will not miss any source/destination address information by the compact display.