1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/devtools/client/shared/components/test/chrome/test_list_keyboard.html b/devtools/client/shared/components/test/chrome/test_list_keyboard.html
index 7558404ed2..f350c1241c 100644
--- a/devtools/client/shared/components/test/chrome/test_list_keyboard.html
+++ b/devtools/client/shared/components/test/chrome/test_list_keyboard.html
@@ -76,6 +76,27 @@ window.onload = function() {
       el.focus();
     }
 
+    function getExpectedActiveElementForFinalShiftTab() {
+      if (!SpecialPowers.getBoolPref("dom.disable_tab_focus_to_root_element")) {
+        return listEl.ownerDocument.documentElement;
+      }
+
+      // When tab focus mode is applied, the "Run Chrome Tests" button is not
+      // focusable, so this Shift+Tab moves the focus to a Chrome UI element
+      // instead of the "Run Chrome Tests" button, which makes the focus to
+      // move to a browsing context that has a different top level browsing context
+      // than the current browsing context. Since top level browsing contexts are
+      // different, the activeElement in the old document is not cleared. Also
+      // this is only the case when e10s is enabled.
+      if (SpecialPowers.getBoolPref("accessibility.tabfocus_applies_to_xul") &&
+          SpecialPowers.Services.appinfo.browserTabsRemoteAutostart) {
+        return listEl;
+      }
+
+      // <body>
+      return defaultFocus;
+    }
+
     const tests = [{
       name: "Test default List state. Keyboard focus is set to document body by default.",
       state: { current: null, active: null },
@@ -246,7 +267,7 @@ window.onload = function() {
         synthesizeKey("KEY_Tab", { shiftKey: true });
       },
       state: { current: 0, active: null },
-      activeElement: listEl.ownerDocument.documentElement,
+      activeElement: getExpectedActiveElementForFinalShiftTab(),
     }];
 
     for (const test of tests) {