public access to static getAlignFrames method.

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
index fb2c65f..be05b48 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ public class Desktop
    * Accessor method to quickly get all the AlignmentFrames
    * loaded.
    */
-  protected AlignFrame[] getAlignframes() {
+  public static AlignFrame[] getAlignframes() {
     JInternalFrame[] frames = Desktop.desktop.getAllFrames();
 
     if (frames == null)