X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?p=jalview.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fcommands%2FEditCommand.java;h=ce881273d13d79100884ba4e42ca30257a1b2707;hp=4cd599249bbbb321f3a2b64515f068cfb42078f2;hb=6951479b7dc56bd022ce2c370b7f88b5571004fd;hpb=28d35d0ae99f30943e0cf07815f8ba0a2ec08cd3

diff --git a/src/jalview/commands/EditCommand.java b/src/jalview/commands/EditCommand.java
index 4cd5992..ce88127 100644
--- a/src/jalview/commands/EditCommand.java
+++ b/src/jalview/commands/EditCommand.java
@@ -472,7 +472,11 @@ public class EditCommand
       }
 
       int tSize = 0;
-
+      if (annotations[a].annotations == null)
+      {
+        // nothing to edit here ?
+        continue;
+      }
       aSize = annotations[a].annotations.length;
       if (insert)
       {