JAL-1691 applet SplitFrame scrolling; pull up of 5 fields to

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / gui / AlignFrame.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java b/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java
index c7792a5..bb8eec3 100644 (file)
--- 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);