From: jprocter <Jim Procter>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:20:46 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: thread off a Filechooser instance on startup to make the dialog open quicker later on.
X-Git-Tag: Release_2_5~52
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1d6782e1c01674bc6b35e0c3ad264d233b1b598a;p=jalview.git

thread off a Filechooser instance on startup to make the dialog open quicker later on.
---

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
index e00f993..fa4e483 100755
--- a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
@@ -157,6 +157,18 @@ public class Desktop extends jalview.jbgui.GDesktop implements
 
     discoverer = new jalview.ws.Discoverer(); // Only gets started if gui is
     // displayed.
+    // Thread off a new instance of the file chooser - this reduces the time it takes to open it later on.
+    new Thread(new Runnable() {
+      public void run() {
+        Cache.log.debug("Filechooser init thread started.");
+        JalviewFileChooser chooser = new JalviewFileChooser(jalview.bin.Cache
+                .getProperty("LAST_DIRECTORY"),
+                jalview.io.AppletFormatAdapter.READABLE_EXTENSIONS,
+                jalview.io.AppletFormatAdapter.READABLE_FNAMES,
+                jalview.bin.Cache.getProperty("DEFAULT_FILE_FORMAT"));
+        Cache.log.debug("Filechooser init thread finished.");
+      }
+    }).start();
   }
 
   /**