From d3d50d0f8cb007eaca2dd167c1553d44decca621 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mr. m" <91018726+mr-cheffy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:59:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Fixed urlbar closing when window loses focus, b=closes
 #7248, p=#12477, c=urlbar

---
 prefs/firefox/urlbar.yaml                     |  5 ++
 ..._urlbar_closeonwindowblur_preference.patch | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/external-patches/manifest.json            |  5 ++
 3 files changed, 85 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/external-patches/firefox/add_urlbar_closeonwindowblur_preference.patch

diff --git a/prefs/firefox/urlbar.yaml b/prefs/firefox/urlbar.yaml
index 742163a60..8dbbcb5ef 100644
--- a/prefs/firefox/urlbar.yaml
+++ b/prefs/firefox/urlbar.yaml
@@ -59,3 +59,8 @@
 - name: browser.urlbar.suggest.topsites
   value: true
   locked: true
+
+# See https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/issues/7248
+# We've submitted a patch to Firefox at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2018499
+- name: browser.urlbar.closeOnWindowBlur
+  value: false
diff --git a/src/external-patches/firefox/add_urlbar_closeonwindowblur_preference.patch b/src/external-patches/firefox/add_urlbar_closeonwindowblur_preference.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e113d4ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/external-patches/firefox/add_urlbar_closeonwindowblur_preference.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+diff --git a/browser/app/profile/firefox.js b/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
+--- a/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
++++ b/browser/app/profile/firefox.js
+@@ -411,10 +411,13 @@
+ pref("browser.urlbar.maxRichResults", 10);
+ 
+ // The maximum number of historical search results to show.
+ pref("browser.urlbar.maxHistoricalSearchSuggestions", 2);
+ 
++// Whether to close the urlbar when blurring the window while the urlbar is focused.
++pref("browser.urlbar.closeOnWindowBlur", true);
++
+ // The default behavior for the urlbar can be configured to use any combination
+ // of the match filters with each additional filter adding more results (union).
+ pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.bookmark",             true);
+ pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.clipboard",            true);
+ pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.history",              true);
+diff --git a/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarPrefs.sys.mjs b/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarPrefs.sys.mjs
+--- a/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarPrefs.sys.mjs
++++ b/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarPrefs.sys.mjs
+@@ -152,10 +152,13 @@
+   ["filter.javascript", true],
+ 
+   // Feature gate pref for flight status suggestions in the urlbar.
+   ["flightStatus.featureGate", false],
+ 
++  // Whether to close the urlbar when blurring the window while the urlbar is focused.
++  ["closeOnWindowBlur", true],
++
+   // The minimum prefix length of a flight status keyword the user must type to
+   // trigger the suggestion. 0 means the min length should be taken from Nimbus
+   // or remote settings.
+   ["flightStatus.minKeywordLength", 0],
+ 
+diff --git a/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarView.sys.mjs b/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarView.sys.mjs
+--- a/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarView.sys.mjs
++++ b/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarView.sys.mjs
+@@ -3909,10 +3909,16 @@
+       }
+     }
+   }
+ 
+   on_blur() {
++    if (
++      this.document.commandDispatcher.focusedElement == this.input.inputField &&
++      !lazy.UrlbarPrefs.get("closeOnWindowBlur")
++    ) {
++      return;
++    }
+     // If the view is open without the input being focused, it will not close
+     // automatically when the window loses focus. We might be in this state
+     // after a Search Tip is shown on an engine homepage.
+     if (!lazy.UrlbarPrefs.get("ui.popup.disable_autohide")) {
+       this.close();
+diff --git a/browser/components/urlbar/content/UrlbarInput.mjs b/browser/components/urlbar/content/UrlbarInput.mjs
+--- a/browser/components/urlbar/content/UrlbarInput.mjs
++++ b/browser/components/urlbar/content/UrlbarInput.mjs
+@@ -4783,10 +4783,16 @@
+     }
+   }
+ 
+   _on_blur(event) {
+     lazy.logger.debug("Blur Event");
++    if (
++      this.document.commandDispatcher.focusedElement == this.inputField &&
++      !lazy.UrlbarPrefs.get("closeOnWindowBlur")
++    ) {
++      return;
++    }
+     // We cannot count every blur events after a missed engagement as abandoment
+     // because the user may have clicked on some view element that executes
+     // a command causing a focus change. For example opening preferences from
+     // the oneoff settings button.
+     // For now we detect that case by discarding the event on command, but we
+
diff --git a/src/external-patches/manifest.json b/src/external-patches/manifest.json
index f73f598ed..6a1dbdb96 100644
--- a/src/external-patches/manifest.json
+++ b/src/external-patches/manifest.json
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
       "overridden": "overriden"
     }
   },
+  {
+    "type": "phabricator",
+    "id": "D284404",
+    "name": "Add urlbar closeOnWindowBlur preference"
+  },
   {
     "type": "local",
     "path": "firefox/no_liquid_glass_icon.patch"