Tabbing through components

I have an array of JTextFields in GridBagLayout.
Normally, I wouldn't be having trouble, but I specifically had to lay them out from top-to-bottom(wraping around to the top of the next column), instead of the normal left-to-right layout.
So, what I need Is to be able to tab in the same order, going down first, instead of across.
Thank you,
CINC

I have an array of JTextFields in GridBagLayout.
Normally, I wouldn't be having trouble, but I
specifically had to lay them out from
top-to-bottom(wraping around to the top of the next
column), instead of the normal left-to-right layout.
So, what I need Is to be able to tab in the same
order, going down first, instead of across.
Thank you,
CINC

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import java.util.*;
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