How to select text in JtextField while tabbing

Question

I have a JDialog with a series of JTextFields on it I would like the text each to be selected when I tab to it.

Answer 1

This exact question has been asked and answered, check it out here.

Short version: Add a focus listener to your text components and select all on focus, using SwingUtilities.invokeLater to ensure all pending AWT events have been processed.

Answer 2

Call selectAll() in the focusGained() of the FocusListener