Labview 8: continuous cursor in text box

Hi,
I have made a basic instant messenger program with a text box that sends a message via a com port. When I press enter a "Send" button is operated and the string is sent, I then clear the text box. However to type another message the user has to click the text box again to bring up a cursor to type the next message. I would like the cursor to stay in the text box so the user doesn't need to click on the text box to type something else. I would also like to do this at the beginning of the program as well.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
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Ues a property node to set "Keyfocus" True.
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