diff -Naur xfwm4-4.2.1/src/client.h xfwm4-4.2.1-gradient/src/client.h
--- xfwm4-4.2.1/src/client.h	2004-12-30 17:08:37.000000000 -0500
+++ xfwm4-4.2.1-gradient/src/client.h	2005-03-26 03:24:07.049609504 -0500
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@
     ClientPixmapCache pm_cache;
     /* Opacity for the compositor */
     guint opacity;
+		/* Translucent State Info */
+		int	translucentState;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBSTARTUP_NOTIFICATION
     /* Startup notification */
diff -Naur xfwm4-4.2.1/src/compositor.c xfwm4-4.2.1-gradient/src/compositor.c
--- xfwm4-4.2.1/src/compositor.c	2005-01-30 08:24:07.000000000 -0500
+++ xfwm4-4.2.1-gradient/src/compositor.c	2005-03-26 03:57:58.847729240 -0500
@@ -2424,3 +2424,64 @@
     }
 #endif /* HAVE_COMPOSITOR */
 }
+
+gint timedFadeOut(gpointer info) {
+		 wndInfo *our_info = (wndInfo*)info;		 		 	 
+
+		 if(our_info->c->translucentState != 2) {
+		      free(info);
+					return 0;
+		 }
+		 if((our_info->c->opacity - (1<<24)) < our_info->m) {
+		      our_info->c->opacity = our_info->m;
+					our_info->c->translucentState = 0;
+					compositorWindowSetOpacity(our_info->ds, our_info->c->frame, our_info->c->opacity);
+					free(info);
+					return 0;
+		 }
+		 our_info->c->opacity -= 1<<24;
+		 compositorWindowSetOpacity(our_info->ds, our_info->c->frame, our_info->c->opacity); 
+		 return 1;
+}
+
+gint timedFadeIn(gpointer info) {
+		 wndInfo *our_info = (wndInfo*)info;
+
+		 if(our_info->c->translucentState != 1) {
+					free(info);
+					return 0;
+		 }
+		 if(((guint64)our_info->c->opacity + (1<<24)) > our_info->m) {
+		      our_info->c->opacity = our_info->m;
+					our_info->c->translucentState = 0;
+					compositorWindowSetOpacity(our_info->ds, our_info->c->frame, our_info->c->opacity);
+					free(info);
+          return 0; // check for overflow
+		 } 
+		 our_info->c->opacity += 1<<24;
+		 compositorWindowSetOpacity(our_info->ds, our_info->c->frame, our_info->c->opacity);
+		 return 1;
+}
+
+void compositorFadeOut(DisplayInfo *ds, Client *c, guint m) {
+		 wndInfo *wnd_info = (wndInfo*)malloc(sizeof(wndInfo));
+
+		 wnd_info->ds = ds;
+		 wnd_info->c = c;
+		 wnd_info->m = m;
+
+		 c->translucentState = 2;
+		 g_timeout_add(2, &timedFadeOut, wnd_info);
+}
+
+void compositorFadeIn(DisplayInfo *ds, Client *c, guint m) {
+		 wndInfo *wnd_info = (wndInfo*)malloc(sizeof(wndInfo));
+	 
+		 wnd_info->ds = ds;
+		 wnd_info->c = c;
+		 wnd_info->m = m;
+
+		 c->translucentState = 1;
+		 g_timeout_add(2, &timedFadeIn, wnd_info);
+}
+
diff -Naur xfwm4-4.2.1/src/compositor.h xfwm4-4.2.1-gradient/src/compositor.h
--- xfwm4-4.2.1/src/compositor.h	2004-12-13 16:27:18.000000000 -0500
+++ xfwm4-4.2.1-gradient/src/compositor.h	2005-03-24 21:59:31.000000000 -0500
@@ -50,4 +50,13 @@
 void     compositorDamageWindow     (DisplayInfo *, Window);
 void     compositorUpdateWindow     (DisplayInfo *, Window, gint, gint, gboolean);
 
+void		 compositorFadeOut					(DisplayInfo *, Client *, guint);
+void		 compositorFadeIn						(DisplayInfo *, Client *, guint);
+
+typedef struct {
+				DisplayInfo *ds;
+				Client			*c;
+				guint				m;
+} wndInfo;
+
 #endif /* INC_COMPOSITOR_H */
diff -Naur xfwm4-4.2.1/src/events.c xfwm4-4.2.1-gradient/src/events.c
--- xfwm4-4.2.1/src/events.c	2005-02-12 16:29:37.000000000 -0500
+++ xfwm4-4.2.1-gradient/src/events.c	2005-03-26 02:00:37.692147592 -0500
@@ -1529,7 +1529,9 @@
     if (c)
     {
         TRACE ("focus set to \"%s\" (0x%lx)", c->name, c->window);
-        screen_info = c->screen_info;
+				compositorFadeIn(display_info, c, NET_WM_OPAQUE);
+				        
+				screen_info = c->screen_info;
         clientUpdateFocus (screen_info, c, FOCUS_SORT);
         last_raised = clientGetLastRaise (screen_info);
         if ((screen_info->params->click_to_focus) && 
@@ -1586,6 +1588,7 @@
         if ((c) && (c == clientGetFocus ()))
         {
             TRACE ("focus lost from \"%s\" (0x%lx)", c->name, c->window);
+						compositorFadeOut(display_info, c, 0xaa000000);
             clientUpdateFocus (c->screen_info, NULL, NO_FOCUS_FLAG);
             /* Clear timeout */
             clear_timeout ();
@@ -2365,3 +2368,4 @@
             G_CALLBACK (dbl_click_time_cb), (gpointer) (screen_info->display_info));
     }
 }
+