Setting focus to textfield when program is first launched

Question

I'm getting really mad. Everything is working fine. But, one little thing and its is suppose to be really simple. I must be some kind of an idiot if I can't see what the problem is for this. Anyway, I'm trying to set the cursor/focus on my text field when the program is launch. But, it seems that everyting that I try appears not to be working. I now have some junk code in my program. But, I was hoping that my attempts were getting me close to what I want. Below is my code. I'm hoping someone can tell what I'm doing wrong.
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
class ChatClient extends Frame
    private TextField tf1 = new TextField("", 50);
    private TextArea ta;
    private Button sendButton;
    private Button quitButton;
    private MenuItem exitMT, aboutMT;
    private Choice choice;
    private String user;
    public ChatClient()
      super("ChatClient");
     addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
      {public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {System.exit(0); }});
      setTitle("Chat Room");
      Panel p = new Panel(new BorderLayout());
      Panel p1 = new Panel(new BorderLayout());
      Panel p2 = new Panel(new GridLayout(3,1));
      MenuBar mb = new MenuBar ();
      setMenuBar (mb);
      Menu fileMenu = new Menu ("File");
      mb.add(fileMenu);
      Menu helpMenu = new Menu ("Help");
      mb.add(helpMenu);
      fileMenu.add (exitMT= new MenuItem ("Quit"));
     helpMenu.add (aboutMT = new MenuItem ("About"));
      exitMT.addActionListener(new ExitCommand());
      aboutMT.addActionListener(new AboutCommand());
  //creating main panel
     add(p, BorderLayout.NORTH);
      ta = new TextArea(10, 50);
      add(ta, BorderLayout.CENTER);
      ta.setSize(500,300);
      ta.setEditable(false);
      ta.transferFocus();
    //adding buttons  and choice box to the right side of the window
      sendButton = new Button("Send");
      Panel p3 = new Panel();
      sendButton.setSize(15,15);
      sendButton.setBackground(Color.green);
      p3.add(sendButton);
      p2.add(p3);
     sendButton.addActionListener(new CopyCommand());
     quitButton = new Button("Quit");
      Panel p4 = new Panel();
     quitButton.setSize(15,15);
     quitButton.setBackground(Color.red);
     p4.add(quitButton);
     p2.add(p4);
     quitButton.addActionListener(new ExitCommand());
     Panel p5 = new Panel();
     choice = new Choice();
     choice.addItem("John");
     choice.addItem("Jena");
     choice.addItem("Colleen");
     choice.addItem("Steve");
     user=choice.getItem(0);
     p5.add(choice);
    choice.addItemListener(new CopyCommand());
    p2.add(p5);
    add(p2, BorderLayout.EAST);
   //adding the textfield to the south end of the window
      p1.add(tf1);
      tf1.isDisplayable();
      tf1.setFocusable(true);
      tf1.setVisible(true);
      tf1.requestFocus();
      add(p1, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
      tf1.addActionListener(new CopyCommand());
//handling ActionEvent from buttons and menu items
  class ExitCommand implements ActionListener
    public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e)
           tf1.setText("");
           ta.setText("");
          choice.select(0);
          System.exit(0);
  class AboutCommand implements ActionListener
     public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e)
           System.out.print("About menu was pressed!");
  class CopyCommand implements ActionListener, ItemListener
    public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e)
     {  if (e.getSource() instanceof Choice)
               user = (String)e.getItem();
    public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e)
            ta.append(user + ": " + tf1.getText() + "\n");
            tf1.setText("");
            tf1.requestFocus();
     public void keyPressed (KeyEvent ke)
            //figure out if the enter key was pressed
             if (ke.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER)
     ta.append(user + ": " + tf1.getText() + "\n");
          tf1.setText("");
            tf1.requestFocus();
     public void keyTyped (KeyEvent ke) { }
     public void keyReleased (KeyEvent ke) { }
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {  Frame f = new ChatClient();
      f.setSize(600, 400);
      f.show();
}

Answer 1

Bingo!
Hi , I am trying to make a chat application too I dont know its exactly like yours or not......I need to make it for the chat support of a website (like in some sites you have online chat with chat center guy's). For that reason I had to make it an applet , although i want to use frame but i do then how i will embed it in the web page? I encountered with the same problem you are facing but didnt solved it yet cause i have bigger problems than that. tell me you have solution.
Plz visit the following threads:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=611865
and
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=607639
Thankyou
Regards
Manu