Index: /applications/editors/josm/plugins/videomapping/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/videomapping/VideoMappingPlugin.java
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--- /applications/editors/josm/plugins/videomapping/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/videomapping/VideoMappingPlugin.java	(revision 23952)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/plugins/videomapping/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/videomapping/VideoMappingPlugin.java	(revision 23953)
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.JRadioButtonMenuItem;
+import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
 import javax.swing.text.MaskFormatter;
 
@@ -180,5 +181,5 @@
             	try {
             	JOptionPane d=new JOptionPane(tr("Jump to"), JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION);
-            	JFormattedTextField inp = new JFormattedTextField(new MaskFormatter("##:##:##"));
+            	final JFormattedTextField inp = new JFormattedTextField(new MaskFormatter("##:##:##"));
             	inp.setText("00:00:01");
             	inp.setInputVerifier(new InputVerifier() {					
@@ -189,11 +190,15 @@
 					}
 				});
+            	SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
+                    public void run() {
+                    	inp.requestFocus();
+                    }
+                });
             	//TODO here we should show the GPS time range to the user
             	if(d.showConfirmDialog(Main.main.panel,inp, tr("Jump to"),JOptionPane.OK_CANCEL_OPTION)==JOptionPane.OK_OPTION)
             	{
-	            	s=inp.getText();
 	            	Date t;
 	                SimpleDateFormat sdf= new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss");
-	                t = sdf.parse(s);
+	                t = sdf.parse(inp.getText());
 	                if (t!=null)
 	                {