JAL-3253 preliminary static fixes for JavaScript part 3 of 3

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / util / Platform.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/util/Platform.java b/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
index 523f816..66ce556 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
@@ -405,10 +405,11 @@ public class Platform
    * @param url
    * @return true if window has been opened
    */
-  public static boolean openURL(String url)
+  public static boolean openURL(String url) throws IOException
   {
     if (!isJS())
     {
+      BrowserLauncher.openURL(url);
       return false;
     }
     /**