diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 browser/components/tabview/test/browser_tabview_bug597399.js
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/browser/components/tabview/test/browser_tabview_bug597399.js	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
+   http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ */
+
+function test() {
+  waitForExplicitFinish();
+
+  window.addEventListener("tabviewshown", onTabViewWindowLoaded, false);
+  TabView.toggle();
+}
+
+function onTabViewWindowLoaded() {
+  window.removeEventListener("tabviewshown", onTabViewWindowLoaded, false);
+
+  let contentWindow = document.getElementById("tab-view").contentWindow;
+  let number = -1;
+
+  let onSearchEnabled = function() {
+    // ensure the dom changes (textbox get focused with number entered) complete 
+    // before doing a check.
+    executeSoon(function() { 
+      let searchBox = contentWindow.document.getElementById("searchbox");
+      is(searchBox.value, number, "The seach box matches the number: " + number);
+      contentWindow.Search.hide(null);
+    });
+  }
+  let onSearchDisabled = function() {
+    if (++number <= 9) {
+      EventUtils.synthesizeKey(String(number), { }, contentWindow);
+    } else {
+      contentWindow.removeEventListener(
+        "tabviewsearchenabled", onSearchEnabled, false);
+      contentWindow.removeEventListener(
+        "tabviewsearchdisabled", onSearchDisabled, false);
+
+      let endGame = function() {
+        window.removeEventListener("tabviewhidden", endGame, false);
+
+        ok(!TabView.isVisible(), "Tab View is hidden");
+        finish();
+      }
+      window.addEventListener("tabviewhidden", endGame, false);
+      TabView.toggle();
+    }
+  }
+  contentWindow.addEventListener(
+    "tabviewsearchenabled", onSearchEnabled, false);
+  contentWindow.addEventListener(
+    "tabviewsearchdisabled", onSearchDisabled, false);
+
+  onSearchDisabled();
+}
+