Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/preferences/LanguagePreference.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/preferences/LanguagePreference.java	(revision 4930)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/preferences/LanguagePreference.java	(revision 4931)
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
     public void addGui(final PreferenceTabbedPane gui) {
         model = new LanguageComboBoxModel();
+        // Selecting the language BEFORE the JComboBox listens to model changes speed up initialization by ~35ms (see #7386)
+        // See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3194958/fast-replacement-for-jcombobox-basiccomboboxui 
+        model.selectLanguage(Main.pref.get("language"));
         langCombo = new JComboBox(model);
         langCombo.setRenderer(new LanguageCellRenderer(langCombo.getRenderer()));
-        model.selectLanguage(Main.pref.get("language"));
 
         LafPreference lafPreference = gui.getSetting(LafPreference.class);