What am i doing wrong setting up CTRL-F action

Question

i want my jtextarea to getfocus when ctrl-f is pressed. what is wrong?
          KeyStroke keystroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_F, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK);
        findTxtArea.getInputMap().put(keystroke, "f");
          findTxtArea.getActionMap().put("f", new AbstractAction() {
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                    ((JTextArea)e.getSource()).requestFocus();               
          });

Answer 1

only when i click in the textarea once or any other
textarea in the panel then CTRL-F works. first time
swing loads up it doesnt pick up the keystroke.......That's probably because you're using getSource() when you should be using an explicit reference to the desired JTextArea:    KeyStroke keystroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_F, KeyEvent.CTRL_MASK);
    findTxtArea.getInputMap(JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW).put(keystroke, "f");
    findTxtArea.getActionMap().put("f", new AbstractAction() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        // findTxtArea needs to be final
        findTxtArea.requestFocus();     
    });In case you're interested, here's an easier way:  findTxtArea.setFocusAccelerator('f');Only thing is, that binds the action to ALT-F, not CTRL-F; it only lets you designate the character, not the modifier key.
@Torgil, you had it right the first time.