# requestFocusInWindow() does not work on Text Areas

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/requestfocusinwindow-does-not-work-on-text-areas/6238>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 16, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/requestfocusinwindow-does-not-work-on-text-areas/6238 "2013-04-16T13:05:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![rdeibel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@rdeibel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rdeibel)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/requestfocusinwindow-does-not-work-on-text-areas/6238/1 "2013-04-16T13:05:44Z")

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Ignition 7.5.4  
Java 6.27  
Windows 2008 Server

requestFocusInWindow() appears to work on all components except Text Areas

This is not a big concern for me, but I noticed it and thought I would go ahead and report it.

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/requestfocusinwindow-does-not-work-on-text-areas/6238/2 "2013-05-20T21:27:54Z")

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You’re right: please use this instead:

```auto
textArea.getViewport().getView().requestFocusInWindow()
```