Component that is focusable, but not focus- traversable

Question

Hi,
I have found a tidy solution to this, and posted it in the thread I thought was most appropriate, THEN I found, it was in the REFLECTION forum - duh.
I won't cross post the whole solution here.
So if you're interested, bowl over there for the answer
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3541807&#3541807
Cheers
Bruce

Answer 1

Answer,
I have a status field on my dialog that shouldn't be keyboard traversible, but I would like the user to be able to cut the contents (such as an error display), so I need to be able to have it focusable by mouse click.
I did this by enclosing the component inside a focusCycleRoot container that isn't itself focusable !!
original code, status widget gets focus when traversing via keyboard.
        JTextField status = new JTextField();
        status.setColumns(40);
        status.setEditable(false);
        status.setFocusable(true); // So user can cut the text with mouse
        status.setBorder(new javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder(status.getInsets()));
        container.add(status, "layout stuff");This is the modified code, which stops status being traversible by keyboard.
        JTextField status = new JTextField();
        status.setColumns(40);
        status.setEditable(false);
        status.setFocusable(true); // So user can cut the text with mouse
        status.setBorder(new javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder(status.getInsets()));
        Container statusTraversalHider = new JPanel();
        statusTraversalHider.add(status);
        statusTraversalHider.setFocusCycleRoot(true);
        statusTraversalHider.setFocusable(false);
        container.add(statusTraversalHider, "layout stuff");