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Yes, the requestFocus call is the last thing in the jbinit method, so it is
called much later after adding the component.

I have tried SwingUtilities.invokeLater() and I have also tried adding a window
listener to set the focus once the window is shown, all to no avail.

Paul

Matt Krevs wrote:

> Firstly, have you added userId to the Dialog before you do all the focus
> stuff?
>
> Usually, the component that will initially gain focus is the one that was
> added to the container first. Trying adding userId first and see what
> happens
>
> Secondly, requestDefaultFocus() doesnt work like its name suggests. Calling
> this method means that the component within a container that is the
> 'default' focus component will get the focus so calling this for a
> JTextField will do nothing ( ie there are no further components within the
> JTextField ).
>
> I have never had much luck with calling requestFocus() or grabFocus() unless
> I use SwingUtilities.invokeLater().
>
> Anyone out there know the ins and outs of focus management?
>