From: gmungoc <g.m.carstairs@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:18:06 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: JAL-3038 corrected code that reads editable JComboBox text input
X-Git-Tag: Develop-2_11_2_0-d20210205~5
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=26627ab5662fce527947aee751d39ea26e3acdf1;p=jalview.git

JAL-3038 corrected code that reads editable JComboBox text input
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diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
index 39c68a0..abe1fad 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ public class Desktop extends jalview.jbgui.GDesktop
     panel.add(label);
 
     /*
-     * the URL to fetch is
+     * the URL to fetch is input in
      * Java: an editable combobox with history
      * JS: (pending JAL-3038) a plain text field
      */
@@ -1235,8 +1235,8 @@ public class Desktop extends jalview.jbgui.GDesktop
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         String url = (history instanceof JTextField
                 ? ((JTextField) history).getText()
-                : ((JComboBox<String>) history).getSelectedItem()
-                        .toString());
+                : ((JComboBox<String>) history).getEditor().getItem()
+                        .toString().trim());
 
         if (url.toLowerCase().endsWith(".jar"))
         {