JavaFX select item in ListView

Hi I am trying to set focus on an item in a listview. After a user opens a file the item is added to the listview, but the issue I am having is that the listview is not setting focus on the new item that was added. I have to click the item in the listview to set focus to it. Is there a way to have the listview to highlight the newly added item right away in JavaFX 2.1 .