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In article <7k6l3o$l2i10@forums.borland.com>, mattkrevs@flex.com.au 
says...
> Unfortunately, I have found setting initial focus to be far from simple. The
> following code should work
> 
>   SwingUtilities.invokeLater
>   (
>    new Runnable()
>    {
>     public void run()
>     {
>      // Set focus to the component
>      theComponent.requestFocus();
>     }
>    }
>   );

This is one way to do this.  Realize that when you are creating some 
visual component, it isn't even displayed yet!  KEEP THAT IN MIND!  Since 
it is not even displayed yet, commands to request the focus AREN'T EVEN 
MEANINGFUL.  How can you request focus on something that is not even 
visible yet?

The above code is a trick to request focus a bit later.  Realize that 
this may not work either on occasion because this tacks on a bit of code 
at the end of a the event-dispatching queue.  Unless your component is 
visible at the time the above code executes, you are out of luck.

Another way to do this whole thing is to wait for focus to be established 
after it is made visible, then move focus where you want at that time.