From: gmungoc <g.m.carstairs@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 15:51:57 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: JAL-3032 refine 'empty status message' test (JS issue 179)
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JAL-3032 refine 'empty status message' test (JS issue 179)
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diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java b/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java
index 8f7b61b..340f9be 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ public class AlignFrame extends GAlignFrame implements DropTargetListener,
 	  // In JavaScript, we use \u00A0  -- unicode "non-breaking space"
 	  // which is the unicode encoding of &nbsp;
 	  
-    statusBar.setText(text.length() == 0 ? " " : text);
+    statusBar.setText(text == null || text.isEmpty() ? " " : text);
   }
 
   /*