Re: Getting focus in a JTextField

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From: Ze'ev Bubis
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 00:00

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A component get the focus with requestFocus() only after it is visible. You
must be sure that the dialog is visible when calling requestFocus().

Ze'ev


Leo Cohen wrote:

> I start up an application by soliciting a line of text information from
> the user. I do this with JDialog and JTextField. The control comes up
> just after I have put a menu on the screen.
>
> The problem is that the user has to move the mouse over the control in
> order to get focus. I've tried putting jTextField.requestFocus() before
> and after the jTextField.setVisible(true), but to no avail.
>
> Ideas? Solutions?
>
> --
> Leo Cohen
>
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