X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FIdCanvas.java;h=1bf5cc6ec8549cef15a01a6a9c7fe7a1c2652f22;hb=21e2a80f7db56c011481d65d5bcb458654226e20;hp=67c3dca37b3d0036ae6e73bcad7406d9f5598bc1;hpb=51605ff0b3c81ba5894348745596b5038d905ffb;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/IdCanvas.java b/src/jalview/gui/IdCanvas.java
index 67c3dca..1bf5cc6 100755
--- a/src/jalview/gui/IdCanvas.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/IdCanvas.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class IdCanvas extends JPanel
       int charHeight = av.getCharHeight();
 
       if (av.getSelection().contains(ds)) {
-	  gg.setColor(Color.gray);
+	  gg.setColor(Color.lightGray);
 	  gg.fillRect(0,AlignmentUtil.getPixelHeight(starty,i,charHeight)+ ypos,getWidth(),charHeight);
 	  gg.setColor(Color.white);
       } else {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class IdCanvas extends JPanel
         // Selected sequence colours
         if (av.getSelection().contains(da.getSequenceAt(i)))
         {
-          currentColor = Color.gray;
+          currentColor = Color.lightGray;
           currentTextColor = Color.black;
         }
         else
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ public class IdCanvas extends JPanel
 
   public Dimension getLabelWidth()
   {
+    if(getGraphics()==null)
+      return null;
 
    FontMetrics fm = this.getGraphics().getFontMetrics(av.font);
    AlignmentI al = av.getAlignment();