diff -Napur openbox-3.5.0.orig/openbox/actions/cyclewindows.c openbox-3.5.0/openbox/actions/cyclewindows.c
--- openbox-3.5.0.orig/openbox/actions/cyclewindows.c	2011-08-02 00:14:58.000000000 +0400
+++ openbox-3.5.0/openbox/actions/cyclewindows.c	2012-05-21 08:53:36.000000000 +0400
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ typedef struct {
     gboolean forward;
     gboolean bar;
     gboolean raise;
+    gboolean focus;
     ObFocusCyclePopupMode dialog_mode;
     GSList *actions;
 
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ static gpointer setup_func(xmlNodePtr no
         o->bar = obt_xml_node_bool(n);
     if ((n = obt_xml_find_node(node, "raise")))
         o->raise = obt_xml_node_bool(n);
+    if ((n = obt_xml_find_node(node, "focus")))
+        o->focus = obt_xml_node_bool(n);
     if ((n = obt_xml_find_node(node, "panels")))
         o->dock_windows = obt_xml_node_bool(n);
     if ((n = obt_xml_find_node(node, "hilite")))
@@ -166,6 +169,8 @@ static gboolean run_func(ObActionsData *
                      o->dialog_mode,
                      FALSE, FALSE);
 
+    if (o->focus && ft) focus_temp_set_client(ft);
+
     stacking_restore();
     if (o->raise && ft) stacking_temp_raise(CLIENT_AS_WINDOW(ft));
 
@@ -239,6 +244,8 @@ static void i_post_func(gpointer options
                      o->dialog_mode,
                      TRUE, o->cancel);
 
+    focus_restore();
+
     if (ft)
         actions_run_acts(o->actions, OB_USER_ACTION_KEYBOARD_KEY,
                          o->state, -1, -1, 0, OB_FRAME_CONTEXT_NONE, ft);
diff -Napur openbox-3.5.0.orig/openbox/client.c openbox-3.5.0/openbox/client.c
--- openbox-3.5.0.orig/openbox/client.c	2011-08-02 00:14:58.000000000 +0400
+++ openbox-3.5.0/openbox/client.c	2012-05-21 00:33:49.000000000 +0400
@@ -3903,7 +3903,7 @@ gboolean client_can_focus(ObClient *self
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-gboolean client_focus(ObClient *self)
+static gboolean client_focus_permanently(ObClient *self, gboolean perm)
 {
     if (!client_validate(self)) return FALSE;
 
@@ -3926,7 +3926,8 @@ gboolean client_focus(ObClient *self)
 
     /* if using focus_delay, stop the timer now so that focus doesn't
        go moving on us */
-    event_halt_focus_delay();
+    if (perm)
+        event_halt_focus_delay();
 
     obt_display_ignore_errors(TRUE);
 
@@ -3937,7 +3938,7 @@ gboolean client_focus(ObClient *self)
                        event_time());
     }
 
-    if (self->focus_notify) {
+    if (perm && self->focus_notify) {
         XEvent ce;
         ce.xclient.type = ClientMessage;
         ce.xclient.message_type = OBT_PROP_ATOM(WM_PROTOCOLS);
@@ -3959,6 +3960,16 @@ gboolean client_focus(ObClient *self)
     return !obt_display_error_occured;
 }
 
+gboolean client_temp_focus(ObClient *self)
+{
+    return client_focus_permanently(self, FALSE);
+}
+
+gboolean client_focus(ObClient *self)
+{
+    return client_focus_permanently(self, TRUE);
+}
+
 static void client_present(ObClient *self, gboolean here, gboolean raise,
                            gboolean unshade)
 {
diff -Napur openbox-3.5.0.orig/openbox/client.h openbox-3.5.0/openbox/client.h
--- openbox-3.5.0.orig/openbox/client.h	2011-08-02 00:14:58.000000000 +0400
+++ openbox-3.5.0/openbox/client.h	2012-05-20 20:10:40.000000000 +0400
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ gboolean client_can_focus(ObClient *self
 
 /*! Attempt to focus the client window */
 gboolean client_focus(ObClient *self);
+gboolean client_temp_focus(ObClient *self);
 
 /*! Activates the client for use, focusing, uniconifying it, etc. To be used
   when the user deliberately selects a window for use.
diff -Napur openbox-3.5.0.orig/openbox/focus.c openbox-3.5.0/openbox/focus.c
--- openbox-3.5.0.orig/openbox/focus.c	2011-08-02 00:14:58.000000000 +0400
+++ openbox-3.5.0/openbox/focus.c	2012-05-21 08:54:25.000000000 +0400
@@ -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 +71,43 @@ 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;
+
+    if (to == from) return;
+
+    client_temp_focus(to);
+
+    screen_install_colormap(from, FALSE);
+    screen_install_colormap(to, TRUE);
+    client_hilite(to, FALSE);
+
+    active = to ? to->window : None;
+    OBT_PROP_SET32(obt_root(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)
+{
+    ObClient *from = focus_temp_client ? focus_temp_client : focus_client
+    move_visual_focus(from, focus_temp_client = 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", client ? client->window : 0);