Cursor and JTable cell

hi,
In my JTable as soon as i press TAB the cell get selected and is editable but i do not see the blinking cursor , if i click from mouse its ok(i have setClickCountToStart(0) in DefaultCellEditor ) but for key board navigation what should i do i searched the forum with out success ANY SUGGESTION OR LINKS ?
thanks for help

It means focus is not at the editor component,
try making experiments with
public boolean editCellAt(int row, int column, EventObject e){
(method in JTable)
in your Table.

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Hello all,
>
I'm trying to implement a setValueAt method using an
arrayList.....no success.What listeners should I have
set up(For JTable or my table model)? I am new at
this and I'm trying to update the JTable cells after a
query from some db. Could anyone help?
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