Skipping button focus in the AWT

If you have a text field, followed by a button, followed by another textfield, how can you get a TAB in the first textfield to take you to the second textfield without setting focus to the button?
I'm talking strictly AWT here (I know there are some cute ways to do this in the JFC)
-Bobby

hi
add the components according to the order to the container .
eg:
add(Textfield1);
add(button);
add(Textfield2);
now the focus will traverse right.

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