How to gain focus on JLabel

hi all,
My question is how can i gain a focus on JTextarea when mouse click on it.
any hits are welcome.Thanks in advance.
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I am not sure why you would want focus on a label, but if you do, add the jlabel to a mouselistener and when you click, write, "jlabel.requestFocus()".

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