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

The code of camickr can be slightly improved. When the focus passes from a JTextField to another kind of component (such a button), the last automatic selection does not get cleared. It can be fixed this way:

    KeyboardFocusManager.getCurrentKeyboardFocusManager()
        .addPropertyChangeListener("permanentFocusOwner", new PropertyChangeListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void propertyChange(final PropertyChangeEvent e)
        {

            if (e.getOldValue() instanceof JTextField)
            {
                    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
                    {
                            @Override
                            public void run()
                            {
                                    JTextField oldTextField = (JTextField)e.getOldValue();
                                    oldTextField.setSelectionStart(0);
                                    oldTextField.setSelectionEnd(0);
                            }
                    });

            }

            if (e.getNewValue() instanceof JTextField)
            {
                    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
                    {
                            @Override
                            public void run()
                            {
                                    JTextField textField = (JTextField)e.getNewValue();
                                    textField.selectAll();
                            }
                    });

            }
        }
    });