diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/ui/Welcome2.java b/app/src/processing/app/ui/Welcome2.java index 093537240..3aa01385d 100644 --- a/app/src/processing/app/ui/Welcome2.java +++ b/app/src/processing/app/ui/Welcome2.java @@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ public class Welcome2 extends JFrame { // show welcome each time checkbox // fixes https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/3912 JCheckBox showEachTime = new JCheckBox("" + showEachTimeText); - showEachTime.setSelected(true); + // handles the Help menu invocation, and also the pref not existing + showEachTime.setSelected("true".equals(Preferences.get("welcome.show"))); showEachTime.setFont(bodyFont); showEachTime.addItemListener(new ItemListener() { @Override