Merge branch 'bug/JAL-2750' into develop

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / datamodel / SequenceGroup.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java
index 944f263..fc8ac49 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java
@@ -102,11 +102,15 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
    */
   public ResidueShaderI cs;
 
-  // start column (base 0)
-  int startRes = 0;
+  /**
+   * start column (base 0)
+   */
+  private int startRes = 0;
 
-  // end column (base 0)
-  int endRes = 0;
+  /**
+   *  end column (base 0)
+   */
+  private int endRes = 0;
 
   public Color outlineColour = Color.black;
 
@@ -209,6 +213,7 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
       displayBoxes = seqsel.displayBoxes;
       displayText = seqsel.displayText;
       colourText = seqsel.colourText;
+      
       startRes = seqsel.startRes;
       endRes = seqsel.endRes;
       cs = new ResidueShader((ResidueShader) seqsel.cs);
@@ -752,13 +757,16 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
   /**
    * Set the first column selected by this group. Runs from 0<=i<N_cols
    * 
-   * @param i
+   * @param newStart
    */
-  public void setStartRes(int i)
+  public void setStartRes(int newStart)
   {
     int before = startRes;
-    startRes = i;
-    changeSupport.firePropertyChange(SEQ_GROUP_CHANGED, before, startRes);
+   startRes= Math.max(0,newStart); // sanity check for negative start column positions
+   changeSupport.firePropertyChange(SEQ_GROUP_CHANGED, before, startRes);
+    
+
+
   }
 
   /**