How to select all text in a JFormattedTextField when it gets focus?

Question

I have a small Java desktop app that uses Swing. There is a data entry dialog with some input fields of different types (JTextField, JComboBox, JSpinner, JFormattedTextField

Answer 1

Thats because the JFormattedTextfield overrides processFocusEvent to format on focus gained/focus lost.

One sure shot way is to extend JFormattedTextField and override the processFocusEvent method :

new JFormattedTextField("...") {  
        protected void processFocusEvent(FocusEvent e) {  
            super.processFocusEvent(e);  
            if (e.isTemporary())  
                return;  
            SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {  
                @Override  
                public void run() {  
                    selectAll();  
                }   
            });  
        }  
    };

Using a focusListener might not always work..since it would depend on the time at which it is called relative to the processFocusEvent.