X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fdatamodel%2FColumnSelection.java;h=c891485b9303f8d0d5e618a7a7832ebcc00100a9;hb=efa007087e99f7c7552276154b733fd184c55f74;hp=cfe4685f5c335c18cbd96f18948c8015256b8629;hpb=ea710b87c966bf443b6526236ae38a38edf06b3b;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/ColumnSelection.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/ColumnSelection.java
index cfe4685..c891485 100644
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/ColumnSelection.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/ColumnSelection.java
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public class ColumnSelection
    */
   public boolean contains(int col)
   {
-    return selected.isSelected(col);
+    return (col > -1) ? selected.isSelected(col) : false;
   }
 
   /**