Name: mc57594 Date: 02/17/97


In windows applications one often sees "select on entry"
fields. When the user tabs into the field, the text should
be selected. However if the user mouse clicks it should not
be. In JAVA a FocusListener is called upon entry to the
field but it is not possible to know the reason entry was
effected. Therefore it is impossible to know whether ot
not to select the text.

On exit from a field the text in JAVA remains selected.
This is unusual behavior and extremely confusing to the
end user because focus is not on the control with selected
text.

Moreover there is no "clear selection" method so the JAVA
programer cannot clear selections manually.
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