diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionbar.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionbar.ts
index 73d25f0541ebaf3dc9b8e8c0da7e4ae981fecb01..9ffa46a980a9d45cb2393e9985464c0ef7113730 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionbar.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionbar.ts
@@ -137,13 +137,12 @@ export class BaseActionItem extends EventEmitter implements IActionItem {
 	public focus(): void {
 		if (this.builder) {
 			this.builder.domFocus();
-			this.builder.addClass('focused');
 		}
 	}
 
 	public blur(): void {
 		if (this.builder) {
-			this.builder.removeClass('focused');
+			this.builder.domBlur();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -475,7 +474,7 @@ export class ActionBar extends EventEmitter implements IActionRunner {
 			}
 
 			// Recompute focused item
-			else if (event.equals(CommonKeybindings.TAB)) {
+			else if (event.equals(CommonKeybindings.TAB) || event.equals(CommonKeybindings.SHIFT_TAB)) {
 				this.updateFocusedItem();
 			}
 		});
@@ -743,6 +742,18 @@ export class SelectActionItem extends BaseActionItem {
 		}));
 	}
 
+	public focus(): void {
+		if (this.select) {
+			this.select.focus();
+		}
+	}
+
+	public blur(): void {
+		if (this.select) {
+			this.select.blur();
+		}
+	}
+
 	public render(container: HTMLElement): void {
 		DOM.addClass(container, 'select-container');
 		container.appendChild(this.select);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/browser/debugActionItems.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/browser/debugActionItems.ts
index 6b0490c902d28d66442916570aad906dbea00640..c117aa67e507d2e2e6410d900132ded6d80f19f4 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/browser/debugActionItems.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/debug/browser/debugActionItems.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ export class SelectConfigActionItem extends BaseActionItem {
 		this.setOptions().done(null, errors.onUnexpectedError);
 	}
 
+	public focus(): void {
+		if (this.select) {
+			this.select.focus();
+		}
+	}
+
+	public blur(): void {
+		if (this.select) {
+			this.select.blur();
+		}
+	}
+
 	private setOptions(): Promise {
 		let previousSelectedIndex = this.select.selectedIndex;
 		this.select.options.length = 0;