act on the visibly focused window when that differs from the actual focused window

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/openbox/event.c b/openbox/event.c
index a9841b0e..c744e3ab 100644
--- a/openbox/event.c
+++ b/openbox/event.c
@@ -499,7 +499,11 @@ static void event_process(const XEvent *ec, gpointer data)
                     e->type == MotionNotify)
                     mouse_event(client, context, e);
                 else if (e->type == KeyPress)
-                    keyboard_event(client, e);
+                    /* when in the middle of a focus cycling action, this
+                       causes the window which appears to be focused to be
+                       the one on which the actions will be executed */
+                    keyboard_event((focus_cycle_target ?
+                                    focus_cycle_target : client), e);
             }
         }
     }