not able to set focus on TextBox in a GWT app

Question

This should not be causing me so much pain but it is. It is a very weird problem. In a GWT application, I have two .java files, login.java and application.java. In login.java, I

Answer 1

Try using Scheduler.scheduleDeferred():

public void onModuleLoad() {
    Login login = new Login();
    Scheduler.get().scheduleDeferred(new Scheduler.ScheduledCommand () {
        public void execute () {
            login.textBoxUsername.setFocus(true);
        }
    });
    RootLayoutPanel.get().add(login);       
}

Update: answer updated to use Scheduler.get().scheduleDeferred() instead of DeferredCommand, which is deprecated.