From 04a92acb1e484730552d42fdf2d356e04551c5ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gmungoc <g.m.carstairs@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:43:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] JAL-2957 don't validate input on arrow keys

---
 src/jalview/gui/OptsAndParamsPage.java |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/OptsAndParamsPage.java b/src/jalview/gui/OptsAndParamsPage.java
index 483ba3d..34af13d 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/OptsAndParamsPage.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/OptsAndParamsPage.java
@@ -700,7 +700,9 @@ public class OptsAndParamsPage
             @Override
             public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e)
             {
-              if (e.isActionKey())
+              int keyCode = e.getKeyCode();
+              if (e.isActionKey() && keyCode != KeyEvent.VK_LEFT
+                      && keyCode != KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT)
               {
                 if (valueField.getText().trim().length() > 0)
                 {
-- 
1.7.10.2