KeyBinds work, focus unfortunatly does not

[Bloitz]

I researched quite a lot this time and found some great topics, however I can't seem to get it working for me.
My keybinds work but only after I clicked on one of the JButtons in my JPanel. First I gave the JPanel focus with .setFocusable(true); and .requestFocusInWindow(); but it didn't work. I had to manually click on a button first.

Scenario: JFrame pops up and I should be able to immediately use the arrow keys to move a character without clicking on a button first.

EDIT: mmmk, it seems to be working in this test class but not in my real application.

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;


public class Test extends javax.swing.JFrame implements ActionListener{

public static void main (String[] args){
 java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
         public void run() {
          Test test1 = new Test();

         }
      });
}

private JTextArea txtaTest;
private JPanel pnlMoveButtons;
private JButton btnUp, btnDown, btnRight, btnLeft;

public Test(){
super();
initGUI();
}

private void initGUI() {
	setLocationRelativeTo(null);
	setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
	setVisible(true);

	setSize(1024, 800);
	{
		txtaTest = new JTextArea();
		txtaTest.setEditable(false);
		txtaTest.setBounds(790, 120, 180, 400);
		txtaTest.setText("");
		getContentPane().add(txtaTest);
	}
			{
				btnUp = new JButton("Up");
				//btnUp.setBounds(620, 120, 70, 70);
				btnUp.requestFocusInWindow();
				btnUp.addActionListener(this);
			}
			{
				btnDown = new JButton("Down");
				//btnDown.setBounds(620, 195, 70, 70);
				btnDown.addActionListener(this);
			}
			{
				btnLeft = new JButton("Left");
				//btnLeft.setBounds(695, 195, 70, 70);
				btnLeft.addActionListener(this);
			}
			{
				btnRight = new JButton("Right");
				//btnRight.setBounds(545, 195, 70, 70);
				btnRight.addActionListener(this);
			}
{
				pnlMoveButtons = new JPanel();
				pnlMoveButtons.add(new JLabel(""));
				pnlMoveButtons.add(btnUp);
				pnlMoveButtons.add(new JLabel(""));
				pnlMoveButtons.add(btnLeft);
				pnlMoveButtons.add(btnDown);
				pnlMoveButtons.add(btnRight);
				
				getContentPane().add(pnlMoveButtons);
				GridLayout grid = new GridLayout(2,3,5,5);
				pnlMoveButtons.setLayout(grid);
				pnlMoveButtons.setBounds(545,120, 225, 150);
			}
			
			int cond = JComponent.WHEN_IN_FOCUSED_WINDOW;
			pnlMoveButtons.getInputMap(cond).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_UP, 0), "up");
			pnlMoveButtons.getInputMap(cond).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN, 0), "down");
			pnlMoveButtons.getInputMap(cond).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_LEFT, 0), "left");
			pnlMoveButtons.getInputMap(cond).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT, 0), "right");
			
			pnlMoveButtons.getActionMap().put("up", new AbstractAction(){
				public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
					btnUp.doClick();
				}
			});
			pnlMoveButtons.getActionMap().put("down", new AbstractAction(){
				public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
					btnDown.doClick();
				}
			});
			pnlMoveButtons.getActionMap().put("left", new AbstractAction(){
				public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
					btnLeft.doClick();
				}
			});
			pnlMoveButtons.getActionMap().put("right", new AbstractAction(){
				public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
					btnRight.doClick();
				}
			});
}

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
		if(evt.getActionCommand() == "Up"){
			txtaTest.append("\nUp");
		}
		if(evt.getActionCommand() == "Down"){
			txtaTest.append("\nDown");
		}
		if(evt.getActionCommand() == "Right"){
			txtaTest.append("\nRight");
		}
		if(evt.getActionCommand() == "Left"){
			txtaTest.append("\nLeft");
		}
}
}

[Bloitz]

Solved it. I added randomComponent.setFocusable(false) on most other components in the JFrame. Now it works.

Seriously, 4 hours of reading and trying stuff out, then finally posting it and finding the solution 5 mins later -.-

Will use test-classes more often now for sure :)

Link to useful related thread: http://www.java-forums.org/new-java/...y-pressed.html