From 1a699d598db807829bbf3e4d9dcd7f7e6c373f76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jprocter <Jim Procter>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 14:48:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] followSelections flag now set via user preferences, and
 disabled for 2.5.1 * JAL-574 and * JAL-576

---
 src/jalview/bin/Cache.java         |    4 +++-
 src/jalview/gui/AlignViewport.java |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
index 5688ae1..2418910 100755
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ import org.biojava.dasobert.dasregistry.Das1Source;
  * histogram.</li>
  * <li>SHOW_CONSENSUS_LOGO (false) Show consensus annotation row's sequence
  * logo.</li>
+ * <li>FOLLOW_SELECTIONS (false) Controls whether a new alignment view should
+ * respond to selections made in other alignments containing the same sequences.</li>
  * 
  * <li></li>
  * 
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ public class Cache
 
   public static void initLogger()
   {
-    if (log!=null)
+    if (log != null)
     {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/AlignViewport.java b/src/jalview/gui/AlignViewport.java
index 0cbbdb4..a44afa3 100755
--- a/src/jalview/gui/AlignViewport.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/AlignViewport.java
@@ -433,6 +433,8 @@ public class AlignViewport implements SelectionSource
     showUnconserved = jalview.bin.Cache.getDefault("SHOW_UNCONSERVED",
             false);
     sortByTree = jalview.bin.Cache.getDefault("SORT_BY_TREE", false);
+    // disabled by default for 2.5.1 release
+    followSelection = jalview.bin.Cache.getDefault("FOLLOW_SELECTIONS", false); 
   }
 
   /**
-- 
1.7.10.2