X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FAlignmentPanel.java;h=7aff9abeadb0d4bd740296e82e00221325062331;hb=06eca7433e037f1d8ae07172528bc751dc9a0320;hp=e31251080e9bbf895d6e1f31b365933cda7cefad;hpb=efc31b4a8d5cee63555586804a2b79c06bdb5a14;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/AlignmentPanel.java b/src/jalview/gui/AlignmentPanel.java
index e312510..7aff9ab 100755
--- a/src/jalview/gui/AlignmentPanel.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/AlignmentPanel.java
@@ -125,7 +125,13 @@ public class AlignmentPanel extends GAlignmentPanel
                         alignFrame.moveSelectedSequences(true);
 
                         break;
+
+                    case KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SPACE:
+                    case KeyEvent.VK_DELETE:
+                      alignFrame.cut_actionPerformed(null);
+                      break;
                     }
+
                 }
             });
     }
@@ -161,16 +167,9 @@ public class AlignmentPanel extends GAlignmentPanel
      */
     public Dimension calculateIdWidth()
     {
-        Graphics g = this.getGraphics();
-
-        if (g == null)
-        {
-            javax.swing.JFrame f = new javax.swing.JFrame();
-            f.addNotify();
-            g = f.getGraphics();
-        }
+      Container c = new Container();
 
-        FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics(av.font);
+        FontMetrics fm = c.getFontMetrics(av.font);
         AlignmentI al = av.getAlignment();
 
         int i = 0;
@@ -203,7 +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)
             {