Focus for a component

[selvas kumars]

Hi all,
I want the focus to be in a specified comp when the screen
comes up.i tried using below methods..I am unable to get the focus for the desired one..how to go about??
setRequestFocusEnabled(true);
requestFocus();
requestDefaultFocus() ;
Thanks,
silva.

[Chantal Ackermann]

hi,
I found that at JGuru:
"The requestFocus() method will only work when the component is visible so ensure that your window/applet is visible and that your component has been added to it. Then call the requestFocus() method on the component to switch the focus."
i've seen in the API a method setInitialFocus(). Maybe that will work?!
chantal

[Manfred Leonhardt]

Hi Selvas,
You have 2 choices:
1. Immediately after using frame.setVisible( true ) place your requestFocus call:

frame.setVisible( true );
textField1.requestFocus();

or
2. Register your component to listener for itself as a ComponentListener. Override the componentShown method and request the focus there:

textField1.addComponentListener(
  new ComponentAdapter()
  {
    public void componetShown( ComponentEvent ce )
    {
      ce.getSource().requestFocus();
    }
  });

Regards,
Manfred.