X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fappletgui%2FIdPanel.java;h=402a8bf0824339ac918291b3ae4e7da183b97cac;hb=9b7ee35c6b9909b030b5b04e33266acf8d5ad637;hp=a7a20edf0108c068829d922ef416517408400216;hpb=8a6fa9ea9900d0f106529c3f6283e7f9d76dd2cb;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/appletgui/IdPanel.java b/src/jalview/appletgui/IdPanel.java
index a7a20ed..402a8bf 100755
--- a/src/jalview/appletgui/IdPanel.java
+++ b/src/jalview/appletgui/IdPanel.java
@@ -363,7 +363,10 @@ public class IdPanel extends Panel implements MouseListener,
       end = tmp;
       lastid = end;
     }
-
+    if (av.getSelectionGroup()==null)
+    {
+      av.setSelectionGroup(new SequenceGroup());
+    }
     for (int i = start; i <= end; i++)
     {
       av.getSelectionGroup().addSequence(
@@ -386,6 +389,8 @@ public class IdPanel extends Panel implements MouseListener,
 
     mouseDragging = false;
     PaintRefresher.Refresh(this, av.getSequenceSetId());
+    // always send selection message when mouse is released
+    av.sendSelection();
   }
 
   public void highlightSearchResults(java.util.Vector found)