Textfield-focus within a tabbedpane

Hi all,
I have the following focus-problem.
I have a tabbed-pane with 4-register-cards. First I'm intit the first at last the fourth.
Now I want that a text-field on the first register-card have the focus. I try it to do it this way:
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent event) {
     if (tabbedPane.getSelectedIndex()==3) {
          if (textFieldUser!=null){
               textFieldUser.setText(" This text-output works well ! ");
               textFieldUser.requestFocus();
Now the textfield display the output-text, but the field themselves have no focus?
If I click on the tab No 2 and go back to No. 1 the field have the focus in the way that I want !?

Archana1604 wrote:
You need not use requestFocusInWindow to set the focus for a component. You can simple use requestFocus() inorder to set the focus.Please read the API and don't post bad advice.
JComponent#requestFocus
Note that the use of this method is discouraged because its behavior is platform dependent. Instead we recommend the use of requestFocusInWindow(). If you would like more information on focus, see [How to Use the Focus Subsystem|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/focus.html], a section in The Java Tutorial.
db

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