X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fext%2Fjmol%2FJalviewJmolBinding.java;h=2a85a9fdafb48eb7a7c1d3c28e6500ed05663873;hb=e2a5f8d1d01156048d04a0dd53777f78de9b86eb;hp=41bc116a224bab9bc4004d7f2dffb1baa9f4020d;hpb=4ed4e90803e3a463458410be06b678ff3154937f;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/ext/jmol/JalviewJmolBinding.java b/src/jalview/ext/jmol/JalviewJmolBinding.java
index 41bc116..2a85a9f 100644
--- a/src/jalview/ext/jmol/JalviewJmolBinding.java
+++ b/src/jalview/ext/jmol/JalviewJmolBinding.java
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ public abstract class JalviewJmolBinding extends AAStructureBindingModel
     lastCommand = command;
   }
 
+  Thread colourby = null;
   /**
    * Sends a set of colour commands to the structure viewer
    * 
@@ -485,15 +486,28 @@ public abstract class JalviewJmolBinding extends AAStructureBindingModel
    */
   @Override
   protected void colourBySequence(
-          StructureMappingcommandSet[] colourBySequenceCommands)
+          final StructureMappingcommandSet[] colourBySequenceCommands)
   {
-    for (StructureMappingcommandSet cpdbbyseq : colourBySequenceCommands)
+    if (colourby != null)
     {
-      for (String cbyseq : cpdbbyseq.commands)
+      colourby.interrupt();
+      colourby = null;
+    }
+    colourby = new Thread(new Runnable()
+    {
+      @Override
+      public void run()
       {
-        executeWhenReady(cbyseq);
+        for (StructureMappingcommandSet cpdbbyseq : colourBySequenceCommands)
+        {
+          for (String cbyseq : cpdbbyseq.commands)
+          {
+            executeWhenReady(cbyseq);
+          }
+        }
       }
-    }
+    });
+    colourby.start();
   }
 
   /**