X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FAlignmentPanel.java;h=7aff9abeadb0d4bd740296e82e00221325062331;hb=06eca7433e037f1d8ae07172528bc751dc9a0320;hp=d1b9350782948a6fd8675e8772b6e58a3c62c6e3;hpb=3402d066dbd7667cd805e6d78ac5eca66e237c72;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/AlignmentPanel.java b/src/jalview/gui/AlignmentPanel.java
index d1b9350..7aff9ab 100755
--- a/src/jalview/gui/AlignmentPanel.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/AlignmentPanel.java
@@ -167,16 +167,9 @@ public class AlignmentPanel extends GAlignmentPanel
      */
     public Dimension calculateIdWidth()
     {
-        Graphics g = this.getGraphics();
+      Container c = new Container();
 
-        if (g == null)
-        {
-            javax.swing.JFrame f = new javax.swing.JFrame();
-            f.addNotify();
-            g = f.getGraphics();
-        }
-
-        FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics(av.font);
+        FontMetrics fm = c.getFontMetrics(av.font);
         AlignmentI al = av.getAlignment();
 
         int i = 0;
@@ -209,7 +202,7 @@ public class AlignmentPanel extends GAlignmentPanel
 
         if (al.getAlignmentAnnotation() != null)
         {
-            fm = g.getFontMetrics(alabels.getFont());
+            fm = c.getFontMetrics(alabels.getFont());
 
             while (i < al.getAlignmentAnnotation().length)
             {