From aecb9184e4f9c4965dd0667b1ba3b42d5c018bbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gmungoc <g.m.carstairs@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 16:05:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] JAL-2716 fix broken checkIfModified behaviour

---
 src/jalview/gui/OptsAndParamsPage.java |   24 ++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/OptsAndParamsPage.java b/src/jalview/gui/OptsAndParamsPage.java
index 298057f..c09d729 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/OptsAndParamsPage.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/OptsAndParamsPage.java
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ public class OptsAndParamsPage
     {
       if (adjusting)
       {
-        return;
+        // return;
       }
       if (!isChoiceParameter)
       {
@@ -574,23 +574,13 @@ public class OptsAndParamsPage
      */
     private void checkIfModified()
     {
-      if (!adjusting)
+      Object newValue = updateSliderFromValueField();
+      boolean modified = true;
+      if (newValue.getClass() == lastVal.getClass())
       {
-        try
-        {
-          adjusting = true;
-          Object newValue = updateSliderFromValueField();
-          boolean modified = true;
-          if (newValue.getClass() == lastVal.getClass())
-          {
-            modified = !newValue.equals(lastVal);
-          }
-          pmdialogbox.argSetModified(this, modified);
-        } finally
-        {
-          adjusting = false;
-        }
+        modified = !newValue.equals(lastVal);
       }
+      pmdialogbox.argSetModified(this, modified);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -734,6 +724,8 @@ public class OptsAndParamsPage
         if (isChoiceParameter)
         {
           choicebox = buildComboBox(parm);
+          choicebox.setSelectedItem(parm.getValue());
+          choicebox.addActionListener(this);
           controlsPanel.add(choicebox, BorderLayout.CENTER);
         }
         else
-- 
1.7.10.2