JTabbedPane - focus on a new tab

I'm making a GUI that creates new tabs containing components selected by the user.
graphTabs.add("Data Chart", chart); Can anyone tell me how to make the program focus on this new tab? As it is, the previous tab is still at the front of the screen when the new tab is created.
Thanks
Lev

I've solved it now, I looked at the api but didnt know what to look for, you can do it with indexOfTab(getTabCount - 1).

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import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
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* in the area.
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 return;
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 if (i < 0) //i returns -1 if nothing selected
 return;
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Did you ever get everything figured out with this? I have a similar problem ... which I have working, but it seems like I had to use a bunch of hacks.
I think the problem with the mouse clicks is because each event when you click the moues (mousePressed, mouseReleased, mouseClicked) causes the tab to switch, and also these methods are called twice for some reason - for a total of 8 events giving the tab the focus instead of your textarea.
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