Hi! We're developing a simple Swing-based Find/Replace utility, which is driven by a non-modal dialog box that has the words you want to find and replace in the underlying text component (similar to the one you can find in many text editors). These text components are part of the larger panels which are contained within the applet. The problem is it does not always highlight the text in the text components unless you call "requestFocus()" not only on the text component you're trying to select the text in, but also the panel it's in and the applet. Can anyone share his/her experience on how to deal with this problem? Thanks. ----------------------------------------- Lenny Reynshteyn Information Technology Goldman, Sachs & Co. New York _______________________________________________ Advanced-swing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/advanced-swing