Re: JOptionPane focus

From:
"Michael Dunn" <m_odunn@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.gui
Date:
Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:23:25 +1000
Message-ID:
<44509ba1$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>
"Ian Wilson" <scobloke2@infotop.co.uk> wrote in message news:dvCdnRL0ydAiBM3ZRVnygA@bt.com...

When I use JOptionPane's static methods to display some JTextFields, initial focus is on one of
the buttons, is it possible to set initial focus to the JTextField?

example code:

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class MyApp3 {

  public static JFrame frame;

  private static void createAndShowGUI() {
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("A test app");
    frame.setBounds(100,100, 300, 200);
    frame.setVisible(true);
    getPassword();
  }

  private static void getPassword() {
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    JTextField nameField = new JTextField(10);
    JPasswordField passwordField = new JPasswordField(10);
    panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,2, 5,10)); // rows,cols,vgap,hgap
    panel.add (new JLabel("Name", SwingConstants.RIGHT));
    panel.add (nameField);
    panel.add (new JLabel("Password", SwingConstants.RIGHT));
    panel.add (passwordField);
    int choice = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(
      MyApp3.frame, // parent
      panel, // "message"
      "Database Log-in", // title
      JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION, // optiontype
      JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE // messagetype: no icon
    );
    // do something with choice and credentials
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
      public void run() { createAndShowGUI(); }
    });
  }

}


     JPanel panel = new JPanel();
     final JTextField nameField = new JTextField(10);//<-----final
     javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {//<-----add
       public void run() { nameField.requestFocusInWindow(); }});//<----add
     JPasswordField passwordField = new JPasswordField(10);

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