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diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureMatcher.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureMatcher.java
index 50dd102..f844141 100644
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureMatcher.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureMatcher.java
@@ -356,6 +356,12 @@ public class FeatureMatcher implements FeatureMatcherI
     return byScore;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isByAttribute()
+  {
+    return getAttribute() != null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc} The output of this method should be parseable by method
    * <code>fromString<code> to restore the original object.