RequestFocus in TextField doesn't work

Question

I use JavaFX 2.1 and I created GUI using FXML, in the controller of this GUI I added myTextField.requestFocus();.

But I always get the focus in the other co

Answer 1

I ran into the same problem using JavaFX 11 and solved it in a similar way that nickthecoder proposed.

ChangeListener sceneListener = new ChangeListener() {
    @Override
    public void changed(ObservableValue observable, Scene oldValue, Scene newValue) {
        if (newValue != null) {
            editInput.requestFocus();
            editInput.sceneProperty().removeListener(this);
        }
    }
};
editInput.sceneProperty().addListener(sceneListener);

Basicly just add a listener to the sceneProperty of the node and in that listener request focus once the scene is set. I also wrote it in such a way that the listener will be removed after it is invoked.