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Debugging Focus problem

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I'm having a problem putting the focus where I want it in certain cases in 
a class I am revising. In most circumstances, the focus is where the 
program is telling it to be but I'm having one annoying situation where it 
isn't, specifically when I first display the GUI.

The last statement I execute before setting the JFrame visible is:
myTextArea.requestFocus();

However, the focus doesn't appear to be on ANY control of my GUI when it 
comes up. This impression was reinforced when I added this line after 
trying to set the focus on myTextArea:
System.out.println("The focus is currently on: " + getFocusOwner());

That statement indicated that the focus was on null.

Why would my requestFocus() be ignored - or honored but then immediately 
removed? - when first displaying the GUI but work perfectly after any other 
event? In each case, I set the focus on the exact same JTextArea.

I'm using Java 1.6.18 in Eclipse 3.7.

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Debugging Focus problem Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-22 21:54 +0000
  Re: Debugging Focus problem Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-22 17:10 -0500
    Re: Debugging Focus problem Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-22 22:45 +0000
  Re: Debugging Focus problem Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-22 19:54 -0800

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