Custom Focus Manager implementation

Question

Is there an example anywhere that demonstrates creating your
own Focus Manager for a container so that you can control focus
management at the conatiner level?

Answer 1

cat8888,
In general, tab-order is usaually the order you've added to the Panel / JPanel. When Panel is added to Panel and that to Panel and so on, sometimes the order can become less clear. When "trapped" inside a TextArea / JTextArea, the tab key takes on it's own meaning and now it wants to tab inside the TextArea. For this, you'll need special coding. For example, you might try adding code like this:
myTextAreaObject.addKeyListener( new KeyAdapter() {
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent ke) {
if ( ke.getKeyCode() == ke.VK_TAB ) {
myNextButtonObject.requestFocus();
... which effectively forces focus on - in this case - the JButton following the JTextArea.
Not sure if this is what you mean, but HTH. And by the way, if someone has a neater way t odo this, I'd also like to know.
~Bill