From bd43babf757235eb571ab4c6a1c912e8725d58d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gorhill <rhill@raymondhill.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:52:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] this fixes #470

---
 platform/firefox/vapi-background.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platform/firefox/vapi-background.js b/platform/firefox/vapi-background.js
index 59dd237b6..8ea2036b8 100644
--- a/platform/firefox/vapi-background.js
+++ b/platform/firefox/vapi-background.js
@@ -781,7 +781,11 @@ vAPI.tabs.select = function(tab) {
         return;
     }
 
-    var tabBrowser = getTabBrowser(getOwnerWindow(tab));
+    // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/470
+    var win = getOwnerWindow(tab);
+    win.focus();
+
+    var tabBrowser = getTabBrowser(win);
 
     if ( vAPI.fennec ) {
         tabBrowser.selectTab(tab);