X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FAlignExportOptions.java;h=6ca21c73e74a9454846ec44540cc00948b57b4a6;hb=f6d1305378fa256a42caf7d284b13d5a084bc471;hp=c776d825b278ce797244e25310b60ba2e0fd47c6;hpb=dc78f37f49146f6339815e93598159d0c1ddc4c7;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/AlignExportOptions.java b/src/jalview/gui/AlignExportOptions.java
index c776d82..6ca21c7 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/AlignExportOptions.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/AlignExportOptions.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import javax.swing.JPanel;
 
 import jalview.api.AlignExportSettingsI;
 import jalview.api.AlignViewportI;
+import jalview.bin.Jalview;
 import jalview.io.FileFormatI;
 import jalview.util.MessageManager;
 
@@ -72,12 +73,9 @@ public class AlignExportOptions extends JPanel
   public static boolean isNeeded(AlignViewportI viewport,
           FileFormatI format)
   {
-    if (viewport.hasHiddenColumns() || viewport.hasHiddenRows()
-            || format.isComplexAlignFile())
-    {
-      return true;
-    }
-    return false;
+    return !Jalview.getInstance().isHeadlessMode()
+            && (viewport.hasHiddenColumns() || viewport.hasHiddenRows()
+                    || format.isComplexAlignFile());
   }
 
   /**