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diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/JvSwingUtils.java b/src/jalview/gui/JvSwingUtils.java
index ef96fa6..4658668 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/JvSwingUtils.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/JvSwingUtils.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 import javax.swing.AbstractButton;
+import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
 import javax.swing.JButton;
 import javax.swing.JComboBox;
 import javax.swing.JComponent;
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.JScrollBar;
 import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
+import javax.swing.border.Border;
+import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
 
 /**
  * useful functions for building Swing GUIs
@@ -351,4 +354,29 @@ public final class JvSwingUtils
     return combo;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Adds a titled border to the component in the default font and position (top
+   * left), optionally witht italic text
+   * 
+   * @param comp
+   * @param title
+   * @param italic
+   */
+  public static TitledBorder createTitledBorder(JComponent comp,
+          String title, boolean italic)
+  {
+    Font font = comp.getFont();
+    if (italic)
+    {
+      font = new Font(font.getName(), Font.ITALIC, font.getSize());
+    }
+    Border border = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("");
+    TitledBorder titledBorder = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(border,
+            title, TitledBorder.LEADING, TitledBorder.DEFAULT_POSITION,
+            font);
+    comp.setBorder(titledBorder);
+
+    return titledBorder;
+  }
+
 }