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In article <3A0952C7.605063AD@bluewin.ch>,
	Thomas Bednarz <tkmb@bluewin.ch> writes:

> How can I set the focus on a control?
> ...
> MyCombo.requestFocus();
> MyCombo.requestDefaultFocus();
> 
> Do I need to call something else after calling one of the above
> functions? Users are about to kill me, because they always have to hit
> the tab key before they can start their selection in the combobox.

Somewhere within Swing, the focus manager forces what it considers the
first component to have the focus, which means that your
requestFocus() calls are being ignored.

The solution that I have found is to invoke a Swing Worker thread to
set the focus, which will usually occur AFTER the focus manager sets
the focus:

        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void         run() {
                myCombo.requestFocus();
            }
        });

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