X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fio%2FJalviewFileChooser.java;fp=src%2Fjalview%2Fio%2FJalviewFileChooser.java;h=1a4326c510a72ab9db23a7227de0fed0beee3fa0;hb=2f36a546ff554e3db3d7cb6bcc899dcd01dd242c;hp=fe01a6999a39dd44af000a847539389de0d254d7;hpb=78daabcc6b478d861b3982754b8412e651cc8dc4;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/io/JalviewFileChooser.java b/src/jalview/io/JalviewFileChooser.java
index fe01a69..1a4326c 100755
--- a/src/jalview/io/JalviewFileChooser.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/JalviewFileChooser.java
@@ -548,6 +548,11 @@ public class JalviewFileChooser extends JFileChooser
         }
       }
 
+      if (!file.isAbsolute() && file.exists())
+      {
+        file = file.getAbsoluteFile();
+      }
+
       setSelectedFile(file);
     }
   }