JAL-4398 Instantiate (static) JMenu windowMenu at the same time as the other (instanc...

diff --git a/src/jalview/jbgui/GDesktop.java b/src/jalview/jbgui/GDesktop.java
index 3d606e3..90b8024 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/jbgui/GDesktop.java
+++ b/src/jalview/jbgui/GDesktop.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import jalview.util.Platform;
 public class GDesktop extends JFrame
 {
 
-  protected static JMenu windowMenu = new JMenu();
+  protected static JMenu windowMenu = null;
 
   JMenuBar desktopMenubar = new JMenuBar();
 
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ public class GDesktop extends JFrame
   public GDesktop()
   {
     super();
+
+    // instantiate here to set same context (e.g. font) as other menus
+    if (windowMenu == null)
+    {
+      windowMenu = new JMenu();
+    }
+
     try
     {
       jbInit();