X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FAlignFrame.java;fp=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FAlignFrame.java;h=bb8eec34dd96e2076429ca6d162b7a7e6b913592;hb=ed2283c5f54da377a2a2fdbdb7aec75ed7041714;hp=c7792a5398d2eb011b94ee08adf58058ba9fd364;hpb=86c580ce122275898f6ecb1a3d70d32fd79d5815;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java b/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java
index c7792a5..bb8eec3 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java
@@ -2849,7 +2849,9 @@ public class AlignFrame extends GAlignFrame implements DropTargetListener,
      * Set the 'follow' flag on the Viewport (and scroll to position if now
      * true).
      */
-    if (viewport.followHighlight = this.followHighlightMenuItem.getState())
+    final boolean state = this.followHighlightMenuItem.getState();
+    viewport.setFollowHighlight(state);
+    if (state)
     {
       alignPanel.scrollToPosition(
               alignPanel.getSeqPanel().seqCanvas.searchResults, false);