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I would like to change the behavior of a JSpinner so that when you click on the text, it selects it. This makes it easier to replace the field with the value that you want. Unfortunately, I can't get the behavior to work and instead, it just inserts the cursor in the text without selecting what is already there. I have tried adding a focus Listener to both the JSpinner itself and the text area itself, via ((DefaultEditor) this.getEditor()).getTextField() , yet neither of these seem to have the intended effect. My code (for the JSpinner itself) is as follows: spinner.addFocusListener(new

I have a JCombobox in my code. I have added the FocusLost event . But it didn't fired anyway. I have tried lots of time but didn't find solution. jcbItemType.addFocusListener(new java.awt.event.FocusAdapter() { public void focusLost(java.awt.event.FocusEvent evt) { jcbItemTypeFocusLost(evt); } }); private void jcbItemTypeFocusLost(java.awt.event.FocusEvent evt) { // TODO add your handling code here: System.out.println("name=" + ((Component) evt.getSource()).getName()); System.out.println("index=" + jcbItemType.getSelectedIndex()); } But nothing is printed in console. Please suggest me what I

Is there some way to detect if a JTextField is deselected, i.e. the field WAS selected but now you have selected something else. The reason why I want to do this is because I want to check my users forms for any illegal characters before they try to submit their data. If there is some easier way to do that, instead of the way I'm trying to solve it, I'll gladly accept enlightenment. David Kroukamp At first though use a FocusAdapter and override focusLost(FocusEvent fe) which will be called when JTextField loses focuses, i.e another component is selected. However because you have a purpose: I