JOptionPane focus

[doredson]

I've tried several different ways to get userid/password using JOptionPane.

One was to use 2 different optionpanes to get id and pass separately. However, I would like to do it in one pass if possible. The following method works to get id/pass in one go, but the focus starts on the OK button. I would like it to focus on the userField so the user can just start typing.

Better yet would be a standard dialog for doing this, but...

     /*
     * A return value of false means the user hit cancel.
     */
    private boolean login() {
      JTextField userField = new JTextField();
      JPasswordField passField = new JPasswordField();

      String message = "Please enter your user name and password.";
      Object[] options = { message, userField, passField };
      
      //Pop up the login dialog
      int result = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(this,
          options,
          "Login", JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION,
          JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE,
          null, null, null);
      
      //user hit OK
      if (result == JOptionPane.OK_OPTION) {
	        String id = userField.getText();
	        String pass = new String( passField.getPassword() );
	
	        //Try to validate the user using the provided id/pass
	        user = getLogin(id, pass);
	        return true;
      }
      
      //user hit cancel
      return false;
    }

Your help would be much appreciated.

[meisl]

userField.requestFocus()

...?

[doredson]

Nope. Already thought of that, but it had no effect.

[meisl]

Maybe the problem is that you pass your options along with message as the "message" parameter to the showOptionDialog(...) method. Have a try with

int result = JOptionPane.showOptionDialog(this,
          message,
          "Login", JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION,
          JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE,
          null,new Object[] {userField, passField},null);

cf. API doc

Or maybe (additionally) passing userField as "initialValue" (last parameter) helps...

If that doesn't work either I'm afraid you'll have to instantiate (and appropriately initialize) your own JDialog.

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[doredson]

thx anyhow.

[ziesemer]

See also http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp...sageID=4427023 .