JRadio Button not getting the focus back

Question

I am having a problem with JRadio Button. I have three buttons in a Panel and I display three different set of sub panels on selecting the corresponding radio button. The top most button is the default one. I selected the second button and saved it to the database. When I come back to the screen, I have the second button selected.But the focus(the rectangle around the text) is on the first button. When I again click on the second button then the focus is coming to the second button. I tried almost everything( requestFocus() etc.,). Can some one help me.
TIA,
CK

Answer 1

Hi!
Here's some code for simulating your application -- as far as I could understand what it was aimed for... ;-)
Try this code and let me know...
(it's a bit long but just paste it)
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class Test extends JFrame
ButtonGroup bg;
JRadioButton jrb1;
JRadioButton jrb2;
JRadioButton jrb3;
JPanel panel;
MyItemListener mil = new MyItemListener();
public Test()
setSize(600,400);
Container cp = getContentPane();
cp.setLayout(null);
bg = new ButtonGroup();
jrb1 = new JRadioButton("button 1");
jrb1.setBounds(10, 10, 200, 20);
jrb2 = new JRadioButton("button 2");
jrb2.setBounds(10, 35, 200, 20);
jrb3 = new JRadioButton("button 3");
jrb3.setBounds(10, 60, 200, 20);
bg.add(jrb1);
bg.add(jrb2);
bg.add(jrb3);
JPanel pan = new JPanel();
pan.setLayout(null);
pan.setBounds(40, 40, 220, 90);
pan.setBorder(new EtchedBorder(EtchedBorder.LOWERED));
pan.add(jrb1);
pan.add(jrb2);
pan.add(jrb3);
cp.add(pan);
panel = new JPanel();
panel.setLayout(null);
panel.setBounds(280, 40, 200, 90);
panel.setBorder(new EtchedBorder(EtchedBorder.LOWERED));
cp.add(panel);
jrb1.addItemListener(mil);
jrb2.addItemListener(mil);
jrb3.addItemListener(mil);
public static void main(String[] args)
(new Test()).setVisible(true);
class MyItemListener implements ItemListener
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)
Object source = e.getSource();
if (source == jrb1)
jrb1_itemStateChanged(e);
else if (source == jrb2)
jrb2_itemStateChanged(e);
else if (source == jrb3)
jrb3_itemStateChanged(e);
public void jrb1_itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)
if (jrb1.isSelected()){
Color color = Color.red;
panel.setBackground(color);
// THIS JDIALOG BOX SIMULATES FRAMES THAT MIGHT POP UP
// DURING DATABASE TRANSACTIONS...
//======================================================
JDialog jd = new JDialog();
jd.setSize(400,300);
jd.setModal(true);
jd.getContentPane().setBackground(color);
jd.setVisible(true);
public void jrb2_itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)
if (jrb2.isSelected()){
Color color = Color.green;
panel.setBackground(color);
// THIS JDIALOG BOX SIMULATES FRAMES THAT MIGHT POP UP
// DURING DATABASE TRANSACTIONS...
//=======================================================
JDialog jd = new JDialog();
jd.setSize(400,300);
jd.setModal(true);
jd.getContentPane().setBackground(color);
jd.setVisible(true);
public void jrb3_itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)
if (jrb3.isSelected()){
Color color = Color.yellow;
panel.setBackground(color);
// THIS JDIALOG BOX SIMULATES FRAMES THAT MIGHT POP UP
// DURING DATABASE TRANSACTIONS...
//======================================================
JDialog jd = new JDialog();
jd.setSize(400,300);
jd.setModal(true);
jd.getContentPane().setBackground(color);
jd.setVisible(true);
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