How to get focus on components in LWUIT form

[Basit781]

Hi,
Hope you all will be fine. I created a form with two text areas in it. Now i want when my form is shown, the focus is set on txtArea1, means as form show there is a cursor blinking in the txtArea1 so user can type any thing in it. How can i do it.
here is the code

	//Setup Form 2
	form2 = new Form("Form 2");

        //set Form layout
	form2.setLayout(new BoxLayout(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

        //Create container that holds component and set its layout
//        Container textBoxContainer = new Container(new BoxLayout(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

        //create text Area
        txtArea1 = new TextArea(2, 5);
        txtArea1.setFocusable(true);
        txtArea1.setFocus(true);
        txtArea1.setGrowByContent(true);
       // txtArea1.setText("hi how r u asdsadsadasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdsadsadsad");
        //txtArea1.setFocusable(true);

        //adding txtArea1 to container
        //textBoxContainer.addComponent(txtArea1 );
        
          //create text Area2
        txtArea2 = new TextArea(2, 5);
        //adding txtArea1 to container
        //textBoxContainer.addComponent(txtArea2 );

	//form2.addComponent(0,null,new Label("This is the second Form"));
        //form2.addComponent(textBoxContainer);
	form2.addCommand(cmdSend);
	form2.addCommand(cmdBack);
	form2.addCommandListener(this);
        form2.addComponent(txtArea1);
        form2.addComponent(txtArea2);
        form2.setFocusable(true);
        form2.setFocused(txtArea1);

Thank you.

[r035198x]

Is there a requestFocus method in your textarea class?

[Basit781]

Hi,
Thanks. No. Here is the complete code. Some things i tried but wasn't working that's why i commented it out.

public class ChooseOptions2 extends MIDlet implements ActionListener {

    Form form1;
    Form form2;

    RadioButton sms, internet;

    ButtonGroup group;

    TextArea txtArea1;
    TextArea txtArea2;

    Command cmdSelect = new Command("Select");
    Command cmdBack = new Command("Back");
    Command cmdExit = new Command("Exit");
    Command cmdSend = new Command("Send");

    public ChooseOptions2(){

        //Initialize the LWUIT
        Display.init(this);
    }

    protected void startApp() throws MIDletStateChangeException {
        //Load the Theme
//        Resources r;
//	try {
//	    r = Resources.open("/LWUITtheme.res");
//			UIManager.getInstance().
//			setThemeProps(r.getTheme("LWUITDefault"));
//	    } catch (IOException e) {
//			e.printStackTrace();
//              }

        group = new ButtonGroup();

        sms = new RadioButton("SMS");
        group.add(sms);


        internet = new RadioButton("Internet");
        group.add(internet);


	//Setup Form 1
	form1 = new Form("Please Select Options");
	form1.setLayout(new BoxLayout(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
        form1.addComponent(sms);
        form1.addComponent(internet);
	//form1.addComponent(BorderLayout.NORTH, new Label("My First Form"));
	//form1.addComponent(BorderLayout.WEST, new Label("WEST"));
	//form1.addComponent(BorderLayout.CENTER, new Label("CENTER"));
	//form1.addComponent(BorderLayout.EAST, new Label("EAST"));
	//form1.addComponent(BorderLayout.SOUTH, new Label("Click Rotate"));
	form1.addCommand(cmdSelect);
	form1.addCommand(cmdExit);
	form1.addCommandListener(this);
	form1.setTransitionInAnimator(CommonTransitions.createSlide(CommonTransitions.SLIDE_HORIZONTAL, true, 1000));

	//Setup Form 2
	form2 = new Form("Form 2");

        //set Form layout
	form2.setLayout(new BoxLayout(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

        //Create container that holds component and set its layout
//        Container textBoxContainer = new Container(new BoxLayout(BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

        //create text Area
        txtArea1 = new TextArea(2, 5);
        txtArea1.setFocusable(true);
        txtArea1.setFocus(true);
        txtArea1.setGrowByContent(true);
       // txtArea1.setText("hi how r u asdsadsadasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdsadsadsad");
        //txtArea1.setFocusable(true);

        //adding txtArea1 to container
        //textBoxContainer.addComponent(txtArea1 );
        
          //create text Area2
        txtArea2 = new TextArea(2, 5);
        //txtArea1.setFocus(true);
                txtArea1.setEnabled(true);
        txtArea1.setFocusable(true);
        txtArea1.setFocusPainted(true);
        //adding txtArea1 to container
        //textBoxContainer.addComponent(txtArea2 );

	//form2.addComponent(0,null,new Label("This is the second Form"));
        //form2.addComponent(textBoxContainer);
	form2.addCommand(cmdSend);
	form2.addCommand(cmdBack);
	form2.addCommandListener(this);
        form2.addComponent(txtArea1);
        form2.addComponent(txtArea2);
        form2.setFocusable(true);
        form2.setFocused(txtArea1);

       // form2.setFocused(textBoxContainer.getComponentAt(0));
       // System.out.println("the focus is on: " + form2.getFocused() );
	form2.setTransitionInAnimator(Transition3D.createCube(1000, true));
	form1.show();
    }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
		//check which command cliked
		if (evt.getCommand()==cmdExit) {
			notifyDestroyed();
		} else if (evt.getCommand()==cmdSelect) {
			form2.show();
		} else if (evt.getCommand()==cmdBack) {
			form1.show();
		}
    }

    public void pauseApp() {
    }

    public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) {
    }
}

Thanks

[r035198x]

The method is there (available through inheritance). See the javadocs here.
Use the requestFocus method to request focus on components.
You should not be writing any code without the javadocs.

[Basit781]

when i add request focus like this

        txtArea1 = new TextArea(2, 5);
        txtArea1.requestFocus();
        txtArea1.setGrowByContent(true);
       // txtArea1.setText("hi how r u asdsadsadasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdsadsadsad");
        txtArea1.setFocusable(true);

I got errors. Tell me one thing on which component i request focus to. Means . I added two textAreas to the form. So should it be form.requestfocus() or txtArea.requestfocus.

Here are the errors

Compiling 1 source file to C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\buil d\compiled
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Component
location: class FocusAnimation
private Component futureFocus;
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:8: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Motion
location: class FocusAnimation
private Motion focusMotionX;
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:9: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Motion
location: class FocusAnimation
private Motion focusMotionY;
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:10: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Motion
location: class FocusAnimation
private Motion focusMotionWidth;
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:11: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Motion
location: class FocusAnimation
private Motion focusMotionHeight;
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:22: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Component
location: class FocusAnimation
public void setFocused(Component c) {
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:15: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Button
location: class FocusAnimation
addComponent(new Button("Button " + iter));
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:17: cannot find symbol
symbol : class TextArea
location: class FocusAnimation
addComponent(new TextArea("Multi-line text\nwith several\ndifferent lines", 3, 20));
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:18: cannot find symbol
symbol : constructor List(java.lang.Object[])
location: class javax.microedition.lcdui.List
addComponent(new List(new Object[] {"Entry 1", "Entry 2", "Entry 3"}));
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:19: cannot find symbol
symbol : class ComboBox
location: class FocusAnimation
addComponent(new ComboBox(new Object[] {"Entry 1", "Entry 2", "Entry 3"}));
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:23: cannot find symbol
symbol : class Component
location: class FocusAnimation
Component current = getFocused();
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:23: cannot find symbol
symbol : method getFocused()
location: class FocusAnimation
Component current = getFocused();
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:26: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable Motion
location: class FocusAnimation
focusMotionX = Motion.createSplineMotion(current.getAbsoluteX(), futureFocus.getAbsoluteX(), 300);
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:27: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable Motion
location: class FocusAnimation
focusMotionY = Motion.createSplineMotion(current.getAbsoluteY(), futureFocus.getAbsoluteY(), 300);
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:28: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable Motion
location: class FocusAnimation
focusMotionWidth = Motion.createSplineMotion(current.getWidth(), futureFocus.getWidth(), 300);
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:29: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable Motion
location: class FocusAnimation
focusMotionHeight = Motion.createSplineMotion(current.getHeight(), futureFocus.getHeight(), 300);
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:34: cannot find symbol
symbol : method setFocused(<nulltype>)
location: class javax.microedition.lcdui.Form
super.setFocused(null);
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:41: cannot find symbol
symbol : method paint(javax.microedition.lcdui.Graphics)
location: class javax.microedition.lcdui.Form
super.paint(g);
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\src\ FocusAnimation.java:51: cannot find symbol
symbol : method animate()
location: class javax.microedition.lcdui.Form
boolean val = super.animate();
19 errors
C:\Documents and Settings\vc\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\MobileApplication1\nbpr oject\build-impl.xml:368: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.
BUILD FAILED (total time: 5 seconds)

what's this mean
Thanks

[r035198x]

You call requestFocus on the TextArea that you want to get the focus.
Read the error messages you are getting. They tell you hints about the problem and reading them allows you to attempt to fix the problem yourself which is a good thing.
They are coming from a class called FocusAnimation. Is it missing some import statements?