diff -Napur openbox-3.4.11.2.orig/openbox/actions/cyclewindows.c openbox-3.4.11.2/openbox/actions/cyclewindows.c
--- openbox-3.4.11.2.orig/openbox/actions/cyclewindows.c	2010-05-14 17:59:05.000000000 +0400
+++ openbox-3.4.11.2/openbox/actions/cyclewindows.c	2010-12-20 20:52:13.000000000 +0300
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ typedef struct {
     gboolean forward;
     gboolean bar;
     gboolean raise;
+    gboolean focus;
     GSList *actions;
 } Options;
 
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ static gpointer setup_func(ObParseInst *
         o->bar = parse_bool(doc, n);
     if ((n = parse_find_node("raise", node)))
         o->raise = parse_bool(doc, n);
+    if ((n = parse_find_node("focus", node)))
+        o->focus = parse_bool(doc, n);
     if ((n = parse_find_node("panels", node)))
         o->dock_windows = parse_bool(doc, n);
     if ((n = parse_find_node("desktop", node)))
@@ -134,6 +137,9 @@ static gboolean run_func(ObActionsData *
                      FALSE, FALSE);
     cycling = TRUE;
 
+    focus_restore();
+    if (o->focus && ft) focus_temp_set_client(ft);
+
     stacking_restore();
     if (o->raise && ft) stacking_temp_raise(CLIENT_AS_WINDOW(ft));
 
@@ -194,6 +200,10 @@ static void end_cycle(gboolean cancel, g
                      TRUE, cancel);
     cycling = FALSE;
 
+    /* if being called after actions_run_acts(), focus_restore() will reset
+       the visible focus to the same state as before run_func() was called */
+    focus_restore();
+
     if (ft)
         actions_run_acts(o->actions, OB_USER_ACTION_KEYBOARD_KEY,
                          state, -1, -1, 0, OB_FRAME_CONTEXT_NONE, ft);
diff -Napur openbox-3.4.11.2.orig/openbox/focus.c openbox-3.4.11.2/openbox/focus.c
--- openbox-3.4.11.2.orig/openbox/focus.c	2010-05-14 17:59:05.000000000 +0400
+++ openbox-3.4.11.2/openbox/focus.c	2010-12-20 20:39:50.000000000 +0300
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 ObClient *focus_client = NULL;
 GList *focus_order = NULL;
 
+static ObClient *focus_temp_client = NULL;
+
 void focus_startup(gboolean reconfig)
 {
     if (reconfig) return;
@@ -69,10 +71,42 @@ static void push_to_top(ObClient *client
     focus_order = g_list_prepend(focus_order, client);
 }
 
+static void move_visual_focus (ObClient *from, ObClient *to)
+{
+    Window active;
+
+    client_focus(to);
+
+    screen_install_colormap(from, FALSE);
+    screen_install_colormap(to, TRUE);
+    client_hilite(to, FALSE);
+
+    active = to ? to->window : None;
+    PROP_SET32(RootWindow(ob_display, ob_screen),
+               net_active_window, window, active);
+}
+
+void focus_restore()
+{
+    if (focus_temp_client) {
+        move_visual_focus(focus_temp_client, focus_client);
+        focus_temp_client = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+void focus_temp_set_client(ObClient *client)
+{
+    focus_temp_client = client;
+    move_visual_focus(focus_client, focus_temp_client);
+}
+
+
 void focus_set_client(ObClient *client)
 {
     Window active;
 
+    if (focus_temp_client) return;
+
     ob_debug_type(OB_DEBUG_FOCUS,
                   "focus_set_client 0x%lx\n", client ? client->window : 0);