X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fappletgui%2FScalePanel.java;h=f8706ae2d748fe51956b47d2a3a3fa9745256f8b;hb=2ac5b6423fe366e093c8f12b0935aefc9aafbe5f;hp=fc7be6d2fc926b3dd76637667f135203ebe9acb4;hpb=5a74e4957b86821f2fd0752d1d9bc46ebb3cfdc6;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/appletgui/ScalePanel.java b/src/jalview/appletgui/ScalePanel.java
index fc7be6d..f8706ae 100755
--- a/src/jalview/appletgui/ScalePanel.java
+++ b/src/jalview/appletgui/ScalePanel.java
@@ -204,11 +204,21 @@ public class ScalePanel
       scalestartx += 5;
     }
 
+    String string;
+    int maxX=0;
+
     for (int i = scalestartx; i < endx; i += 5)
     {
       if (i % 10 == 0)
       {
-        gg.drawString(String.valueOf(i), (i - startx - 1) * av.charWidth, y);
+        string = String.valueOf(i);
+        if ( (i - startx - 1) * av.charWidth > maxX)
+        {
+          gg.drawString(string,
+                        (i - startx - 1) * av.charWidth, y);
+          maxX = (i - startx + 1) * av.charWidth + fm.stringWidth(string);
+        }
+
         gg.drawLine( (int) ( (i - startx - 1) * av.charWidth + av.charWidth / 2),
                     y + 2,
                     (int) ( (i - startx - 1) * av.charWidth + av.charWidth / 2),