--- uihandler/src/org/netbeans/modules/exceptions/ReporterResultTopComponent.form	
+++ uihandler/src/org/netbeans/modules/exceptions/ReporterResultTopComponent.form	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ 
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<?xml version="1.1" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
 
 <Form version="1.4" maxVersion="1.7" type="org.netbeans.modules.form.forminfo.JPanelFormInfo">
   <Properties>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ 
           <Group type="103" groupAlignment="0" attributes="0">
               <Group type="102" alignment="0" attributes="0">
                   <Component id="jButton1" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
-                  <EmptySpace pref="197" max="32767" attributes="0"/>
+                  <EmptySpace pref="173" max="32767" attributes="0"/>
               </Group>
           </Group>
         </DimensionLayout>
--- uihandler/src/org/netbeans/modules/exceptions/ReporterResultTopComponent.java	
+++ uihandler/src/org/netbeans/modules/exceptions/ReporterResultTopComponent.java	
@@ -283,7 +283,10 @@ 
                 try {
                     if (EventQueue.isDispatchThread()) {
                         if (show) {
-                            ReporterResultTopComponent.this.requestVisible();
+                           final ReporterResultTopComponent topComponent =
+                                 ReporterResultTopComponent.this;
+                           topComponent.requestVisible();
+                           topComponent.requestActive();
                         }
                         dataDisplayer.setPage(localData);
                     } else {