diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 browser/components/tabview/test/browser_tabview_bug599048.js
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/browser/components/tabview/test/browser_tabview_bug599048.js	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+/* Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
+   http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ */
+
+let cw;
+
+function test() {
+  waitForExplicitFinish();
+
+  showTabView(function() {
+    cw = TabView.getContentWindow();
+
+    whenSearchIsEnabled(function() {
+      ok(cw.Search.isEnabled(), "The search is disabled");
+
+      // open a new window and it would have the focus
+      newWindowWithTabView(function(win) {
+        registerCleanupFunction(function() {
+          win.close();
+          hideTabView();
+        });
+        testClickOnSearchShade(win);
+      });
+    });
+
+    EventUtils.synthesizeKey("VK_SLASH", {}, cw);
+  });
+}
+
+function testClickOnSearchShade(win) {
+  // click on the window with search enabled.
+  let searchshade = cw.document.getElementById("searchshade");
+  EventUtils.sendMouseEvent({ type: "click" }, searchshade, cw);
+
+  waitForFocus(function() {
+    ok(cw.Search.isEnabled(), "The search is still enabled after the search shade is clicked");
+    testFocusInactiveWindow(win, cw);
+  });
+}
+
+function testFocusInactiveWindow(win) {
+  win.focus();
+  // focus inactive window
+  window.focus();
+
+  // need to use exeuteSoon as the _blockClick would be set to false after a setTimeout(,0)
+  executeSoon(function() {
+    ok(cw.Search.isEnabled(), "The search is still enabled when inactive window has focus");
+
+    whenSearchIsDisabled(function() {
+      hideTabView(finish);
+    });
+
+    let searchshade = cw.document.getElementById("searchshade");
+    EventUtils.synthesizeMouseAtCenter(searchshade, {}, cw);
+});
+}
+