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  1. Jalview
  2. JAL-4567

Improve dialog when attempting to open non-existing file

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Status: Open
    • Priority: Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Fix Version/s: None
    • Component/s: gui design issue
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    • Environment:
      MacOS Sequoia 15.5

      Description

      Attempting to open an alignment file (File -> Input Alignment -> From file) which doesn't exist results in the attached error.

      The more 'natural' error would be to report that the file doesn't exist, rather than suggesting it is an incompatible format, which should indicate more clearly to the user what the issue is, and avoid sending them down a rabbit hole of staring at their file trying to work out what is wrong with it.

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              Assignee:
              jprocter James Procter
              Reporter:
              j.abbott@dundee.ac.uk James Abbott
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