JAL-4206 Use All Known Alignment Files as default until a file is loaded

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / io / JalviewFileChooser.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/io/JalviewFileChooser.java b/src/jalview/io/JalviewFileChooser.java
index fe01a69..b01536e 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/io/JalviewFileChooser.java
+++ b/src/jalview/io/JalviewFileChooser.java
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ public class JalviewFileChooser extends JFileChooser
     alljvf.setExtensionListInDescription(false);
     addChoosableFileFilter(alljvf);
 
+    if (selected == null)
+    {
+      chosen = alljvf;
+    }
+
     for (String[] format : formats)
     {
       JalviewFileFilter jvf = new JalviewFileFilter(format[0], format[1]);
@@ -548,6 +553,11 @@ public class JalviewFileChooser extends JFileChooser
         }
       }
 
+      if (!file.isAbsolute() && file.exists())
+      {
+        file = file.getAbsoluteFile();
+      }
+
       setSelectedFile(file);
     }
   }