Re: Is requestFocus() allowed in a JDialog?

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From: Matt Krevs
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 00:00

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Yes its possible but I think you need to call
wingUtilities.invokeLater( thread that sets focus ). Basically the
requestFocus() call needs to be the last thing that happens.

I remember this issue being addressed previously on this forum. Have a
search on dejanews

Paul Waldo <pwaldo@bellatlantic.net> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Borland's JDK 1.1.6 and I am having difficulty setting the
> focus in a JDialog.  I traced into the requestFocus call, and saw that
> the component must be visible, so just for fun I made the dialog
> non-modal and called requestFocus after calling setVisible(true).  It
> still doesn't work.  Is it possible to set the focus within a JDialog?
> TIA
>
> Paul
>

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From: "Matt Krevs" <mattkrevs@flex.com.au>
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