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Just in case somebody has the same problem, finally I've found a workaround:

Though I don't know how the swing FocusManager works (and I find no clues
within the code generated by JBuilder where this order is set) you can use the
AWT FocusManager instead, even for Swing components.
Therefore you have to disable the SwingFocusManager by adding the following
line to your source:
com.sun.java.swing.FocusManager.disableSwingFocusManager();
(don't forget to import the swing package).

A good place might be the constructor of your GUI Class or you can place it
within the jbInit() function usually generated by JBuilder. Now you can use
the TAB order of the AWT FocusManager. The AWT Focusmanager is now enabled and
uses the order you added components to a container. Assume we have three text
fields: jTextfield1,jTextField2 and jTextField3.

by adding these text fields to a container:

myjPanel.add(jTextField1);
myjPanel.add(jTextField2);
myjPanel.add(jTextField3);

you got the following TAB order: jTextField1 --> jTextField2 --> jTextField3

Changing the code to:

myjPanel.add(jTextField2);
myjPanel.add(jTextField3);
myjPanel.add(jTextField1);

gave you this TAB order: jTextField2 --> jTextField3 --> jTextField1

Perhaps not a elegant way but it helps if you created a complex GUI with the
GUI Builder (adding and deleting numerous components) and at the end you find
out...oooppps...the TAB order is somehow wrong. Just change the order of the
adding entries in the jbInit function to fix it.

Martin