JAL-4310 let the user know when model pages are not available for a 3d-beacons struct...

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

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
index 35afb69..070e67d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
@@ -3067,7 +3067,13 @@ public class Desktop extends jalview.jbgui.GDesktop
    */
   public static void showUrl(final String url)
   {
-    showUrl(url, Desktop.instance);
+    if (url!=null && !url.trim().equals("")) {
+      jalview.bin.Console.info("Opening URL: "+url);
+      showUrl(url, Desktop.instance);
+    } else {
+      jalview.bin.Console.warn("Ignoring attempt to show an empty URL.");
+    }
+    
   }
 
   /**