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(); }
});
}
}
Michael Dunn - 27 Apr 2006 11:23 GMT
> 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?
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>
> }
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);
Ian Wilson - 27 Apr 2006 11:53 GMT
> "Ian Wilson" wrote
>
>> 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 snipped for brevity>
> 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);
Thanks for the quick response Michael, that did the trick.
I can't say I understand this, (e.g. why 'final', how does invokeLater
tie in with the chronological sequence in which GUI objects appear and
are allocated focus? I'm surprised that the nameField.requestFocus isn't
superceded by something similar (e.g. OKButton.requestFocus) being done
chronologically later by the JOptionPane constructor. Is there any
recommended reading material that might help me understand it?
Michael Dunn - 27 Apr 2006 19:44 GMT
>>> 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?
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> done chronologically later by the JOptionPane constructor. Is there any recommended reading
> material that might help me understand it?
final is required because nameField is a local variable, and is accessed from an inner class
the api docs might explain invokeLater a bit better
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/javax/swing/SwingUtilities.html#invokeLa
ter(java.lang.Runnable)