From de9592c0781569ccefd4c115bb36524d6c9deaab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Soares <b.soares@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:53:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] JAL-629 Avoid hidden options dialog when saving in headless
 mode

---
 src/jalview/gui/AlignExportOptions.java |   10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/AlignExportOptions.java b/src/jalview/gui/AlignExportOptions.java
index c776d82..6ca21c7 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/AlignExportOptions.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/AlignExportOptions.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import javax.swing.JPanel;
 
 import jalview.api.AlignExportSettingsI;
 import jalview.api.AlignViewportI;
+import jalview.bin.Jalview;
 import jalview.io.FileFormatI;
 import jalview.util.MessageManager;
 
@@ -72,12 +73,9 @@ public class AlignExportOptions extends JPanel
   public static boolean isNeeded(AlignViewportI viewport,
           FileFormatI format)
   {
-    if (viewport.hasHiddenColumns() || viewport.hasHiddenRows()
-            || format.isComplexAlignFile())
-    {
-      return true;
-    }
-    return false;
+    return !Jalview.getInstance().isHeadlessMode()
+            && (viewport.hasHiddenColumns() || viewport.hasHiddenRows()
+                    || format.isComplexAlignFile());
   }
 
   /**
-- 
1.7.10.2