diff -ur fluxbox-0.9.8-vanilla/src/CurrentWindowCmd.cc fluxbox-0.9.8/src/CurrentWindowCmd.cc
--- fluxbox-0.9.8-vanilla/src/CurrentWindowCmd.cc	Sun Oct 26 13:36:55 2003
+++ fluxbox-0.9.8/src/CurrentWindowCmd.cc	Mon Jan 26 00:23:10 2004
@@ -96,3 +96,10 @@
 void ResizeToCmd::real_execute() {
     fbwindow().resize(m_step_size_x, m_step_size_y);
 }
+
+setTabCmd::setTabCmd(const int tab) :
+    t_tab(tab) { }
+
+void setTabCmd::real_execute() {
+    fbwindow().setTab(t_tab);
+}
diff -ur fluxbox-0.9.8-vanilla/src/CurrentWindowCmd.hh fluxbox-0.9.8/src/CurrentWindowCmd.hh
--- fluxbox-0.9.8-vanilla/src/CurrentWindowCmd.hh	Sun Oct 26 00:11:22 2003
+++ fluxbox-0.9.8/src/CurrentWindowCmd.hh	Mon Jan 26 00:23:11 2004
@@ -117,4 +117,16 @@
   const int m_step_size_x;
   const int m_step_size_y;
 };
+
+// settab cmd
+class setTabCmd: public WindowHelperCmd{
+public:
+  explicit setTabCmd(int tab);
+protected:
+  void real_execute();
+
+private:
+
+  const int t_tab;
+};
 #endif // CURRENTWINDOWCMD_HH
diff -ur fluxbox-0.9.8-vanilla/src/FbCommandFactory.cc fluxbox-0.9.8/src/FbCommandFactory.cc
--- fluxbox-0.9.8-vanilla/src/FbCommandFactory.cc	Sat Dec 20 18:42:04 2003
+++ fluxbox-0.9.8/src/FbCommandFactory.cc	Mon Jan 26 00:23:11 2004
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
         "toggledecor",
         "workspace",
         "workspacemenu",
+	"tab",
         ""
     };
 
@@ -262,6 +263,11 @@
         if (!arguments.empty())
             num = atoi(arguments.c_str());
         return new JumpToWorkspaceCmd(num-1);
+    } else if (command == "tab") {
+        int num = 1;
+        if (!arguments.empty())
+            num = atoi(arguments.c_str());
+        return new setTabCmd(num);
     } else if (command == "nextwindow")
         return new NextWindowCmd(atoi(arguments.c_str()));
     else if (command == "prevwindow")
diff -ur fluxbox-0.9.8-vanilla/src/Window.cc fluxbox-0.9.8/src/Window.cc
--- fluxbox-0.9.8-vanilla/src/Window.cc	Wed Dec 31 11:09:28 2003
+++ fluxbox-0.9.8/src/Window.cc	Mon Jan 26 00:23:47 2004
@@ -3452,3 +3452,15 @@
 
     menu().reconfigure(); // update graphics
 }
+
+void FluxboxWindow::setTab(unsigned int num)
+{
+    if ((unsigned int)numClients() <= num)
+       return;
+    WinClient *client;
+    ClientList::iterator it = m_clientlist.begin();
+    do {
+     client = *(it++);
+    } while(num--);
+    setCurrentClient(*client, true);
+}
diff -ur fluxbox-0.9.8-vanilla/src/Window.hh fluxbox-0.9.8/src/Window.hh
--- fluxbox-0.9.8-vanilla/src/Window.hh	Tue Dec 30 21:56:40 2003
+++ fluxbox-0.9.8/src/Window.hh	Mon Jan 26 00:23:24 2004
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@
     };
 
     bool oplock; ///< Used to help stop transient loops occurring by locking a window during certain operations
+
+    void setTab(unsigned int num);
+
 private:
     static const int PropBlackboxAttributesElements = 8;