Setting focus to component in new tab

Question

I have a static function in my main class with a JTabbedPane as a parameter...the function does this:
//Add a tab
tabs.addTab("New File", new STab());
tabs.setSelectedIndex(tabs.getTabCount()-1);
          ((JPanel)tabs.getSelectedComponent()).getComponent(0).requestFocusInWindow();
I run this function from two different places in my code: one is from a menu I created when a user mouse clicks on the menu item. The other is when the user presses Ctrl+T...this goes through a KeyEventDispatcher that I set up on top of all my other components.
The problem is this: when I create a new tab through the menu, the code that selects the first component in my tab works, however when I do it with Ctrl+T that component is not selected. Both of these methods run the same function...the only difference is that the Ctrl+T method goes through a class which implements my own interface.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

tabs.setSelectedIndex(tabs.getTabCount()-1);
this will select the last tab in your tabbed pane...
I assume the next line is when the tabbed pane is hidden behind some other frame, it will bring it to front.
((JPanel)tabs.getSelectedComponent()).getComponent(0).requestFocusInWindow();
couldn't you just go:
tabs.getSelectedComponent().requestFocus(); ? I'm not 100% what you're tryin to do in the last line.