Give focus to textarea on startup

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/CutAndPasteTransfer.java b/src/jalview/gui/CutAndPasteTransfer.java
index bd2eb7d..10f9777 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/gui/CutAndPasteTransfer.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/CutAndPasteTransfer.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.awt.datatransfer.*;
 import java.awt.event.*;\r
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 import javax.swing.*;\r
+import javax.swing.event.InternalFrameEvent;\r
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 /**\r
@@ -45,6 +46,13 @@ public class CutAndPasteTransfer extends GCutAndPasteTransfer
     public void setForInput()\r
     {\r
         getContentPane().add(inputButtonPanel, java.awt.BorderLayout.SOUTH);\r
+          SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()\r
+          {\r
+            public void run()\r
+            {\r
+              textarea.requestFocus();\r
+            }\r
+          });\r
     }\r
 \r
     /**\r