!634 // ui skeleton

JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());

final JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea();
panel.add(BorderLayout.CENTER, new JScrollPane(textArea));

final JTextField tfCmd = new JTextField();
panel.add(BorderLayout.SOUTH, tfCmd);

frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
  public void windowOpened(WindowEvent e) {
    tfCmd.requestFocus();
  }
});