From 6d6e715f1d28a12ddd61c43aec4f084a8c9b1c5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Soares <b.soares@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 00:47:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] JAL-3608 Changes from code review  CR-JAL-236

---
 src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java |   22 +++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
index 08c12d6..78d8dde 100755
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
@@ -893,26 +893,22 @@ public class Jalview
 
   private static boolean setCrossPlatformLookAndFeel()
   {
-    boolean set = false;
-    try
-    {
-      UIManager.setLookAndFeel(
-              UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName());
-      set = true;
-    } catch (Exception ex)
-    {
-      System.err.println("Unexpected Look and Feel Exception");
-      ex.printStackTrace();
-    }
-    return set;
+    return setGenericLookAndFeel(false);
   }
 
   private static boolean setSystemLookAndFeel()
   {
+    return setGenericLookAndFeel(true);
+  }
+
+  private static boolean setGenericLookAndFeel(boolean system)
+  {
     boolean set = false;
     try
     {
-      UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
+      UIManager.setLookAndFeel(
+              system ? UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName()
+                      : UIManager.getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName());
       set = true;
     } catch (Exception ex)
     {
-- 
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