Caret position in JFormattedTextField

Question

How to I configure a JFormattedTextField so that the initial position for editing is on the right rather than the left?
I'm using the default, left, and most users of my application complain that it isn't intuitive.

Answer 1

You need to do this
     protected static class FormattedTextFieldFocusListener extends FocusAdapter {
          /* (non-Javadoc)
           * @see java.awt.event.FocusListener#focusGained(java.awt.event.FocusEvent)
          public void focusGained( FocusEvent e ) {
               /* After a formatted text field gains focus, it replaces its text with its
                * current value, formatted appropriately of course. It does this _after_
                * any focus listeners are notified.  So, if we are editable, we queue
                * up a selectAll to be done after the current events in the thread are done. */
               final JTextField field = (JTextField) e.getSource();
               if ( field.isEditable() ) {
                    Runnable doSelect = new Runnable() {
                         public void run() { field.selectAll(); }
                    SwingUtilities.invokeLater( doSelect );
     }