on Minefield, the tab bar was never shown by keyboard shortcuts.

content/treestyletab/treestyletab.js

@@ -961,14 +961,34 @@ var TreeStyleTabService = {
 		/* PUBLIC API */
 		var b = this.browser;
 		var event = b.ownerDocument.createEvent('Events');
-		event.initEvent(this.kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_KEY_DOWN, true, false);
+
-		event.sourceEvent = aEvent;
+		var event = b.ownerDocument.createEvent('XULCommandEvents');
+		event.initCommandEvent(this.kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_KEY_DOWN,
+			true,
+			false,
+			b.ownerDocument.defaultView,
+			0,
+			aEvent.ctrlKey,
+			aEvent.altKey,
+			aEvent.shiftKey,
+			aEvent.metaKey,
+			aEvent
+		);
 		b.dispatchEvent(event);
 
 		// for backward compatibility
-		event = b.ownerDocument.createEvent('Events');
+		event = b.ownerDocument.createEvent('XULCommandEvents');
-		event.initEvent(this.kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_KEY_DOWN.replace(/^nsDOM/, ''), true, false);
+		event.initCommandEvent(this.kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_KEY_DOWN.replace(/^nsDOM/, ''),
-		event.sourceEvent = aEvent;
+			true,
+			false,
+			b.ownerDocument.defaultView,
+			0,
+			aEvent.ctrlKey,
+			aEvent.altKey,
+			aEvent.shiftKey,
+			aEvent.metaKey,
+			aEvent
+		);
 		b.dispatchEvent(event);
 	},
 	accelKeyPressed : false,
@@ -1001,6 +1021,12 @@ var TreeStyleTabService = {
 
 		var onlyShiftKey = (!aEvent.shiftKey && aEvent.keyCode == 16 && (aEvent.type == 'keyup' || aEvent.charCode == 0));
 
+		var detailFlags = 0;
+		if (scrollDown) detailFlags |= this.kTAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_SCROLL_DOWN;
+		if (scrollUp) detailFlags |= this.kTAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_SCROLL_UP;
+		if (standBy) detailFlags |= this.kTAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_STAND_BY;
+		if (onlyShiftKey) detailFlags |= this.kTAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_ONLY_SHIFT_KEY;
+
 		if (
 			scrollDown ||
 			scrollUp ||
@@ -1009,23 +1035,42 @@ var TreeStyleTabService = {
 			)
 			) {
 			/* PUBLIC API */
-			let event = b.ownerDocument.createEvent('Events');
+			let event = b.ownerDocument.createEvent('XULCommandEvents');
-			event.initEvent(this.kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_START, true, false);
+			event.initCommandEvent(this.kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_START,
+				true,
+				false,
+				b.ownerDocument.defaultView,
+				detailFlags,
+				aEvent.ctrlKey,
+				aEvent.altKey,
+				aEvent.shiftKey,
+				aEvent.metaKey,
+				aEvent
+			);
+			/* for backward compatibility */
 			event.scrollDown = scrollDown;
 			event.scrollUp = scrollUp;
 			event.standBy = standBy;
 			event.onlyShiftKey = onlyShiftKey;
-			event.sourceEvent = aEvent;
 			b.dispatchEvent(event);
 
 			// for backward compatibility
-			event = b.ownerDocument.createEvent('Events');
+			event = b.ownerDocument.createEvent('XULCommandEvents');
-			event.initEvent(this.kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_START.replace(/^nsDOM/, ''), true, false);
+			event.initCommandEvent(this.kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_START.replace(/^nsDOM/, ''),
+				true,
+				false,
+				b.ownerDocument.defaultView,
+				detailFlags,
+				aEvent.ctrlKey,
+				aEvent.altKey,
+				aEvent.shiftKey,
+				aEvent.metaKey,
+				aEvent
+			);
 			event.scrollDown = scrollDown;
 			event.scrollUp = scrollUp;
 			event.standBy = standBy;
 			event.onlyShiftKey = onlyShiftKey;
-			event.sourceEvent = aEvent;
 			b.dispatchEvent(event);
 
 			return;
@@ -1035,23 +1080,42 @@ var TreeStyleTabService = {
 
 		/* PUBLIC API */
 		let (event) {
-			event = document.createEvent('Events');
+			event = b.ownerDocument.createEvent('XULCommandEvents');
-			event.initEvent(this.kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_END, true, false);
+			event.initCommandEvent(this.kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_END,
+				true,
+				false,
+				b.ownerDocument.defaultView,
+				detailFlags,
+				aEvent.ctrlKey,
+				aEvent.altKey,
+				aEvent.shiftKey,
+				aEvent.metaKey,
+				aEvent
+			);
+			/* for backward compatibility */
 			event.scrollDown = scrollDown;
 			event.scrollUp = scrollUp;
 			event.standBy = standBy;
 			event.onlyShiftKey = onlyShiftKey;
-			event.sourceEvent = aEvent;
 			b.dispatchEvent(event);
 
 			// for backward compatibility
-			event = document.createEvent('Events');
+			event = b.ownerDocument.createEvent('XULCommandEvents');
-			event.initEvent(this.kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_END.replace(/^nsDOM/, ''), true, false);
+			event.initCommandEvent(this.kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_END.replace(/^nsDOM/, ''),
+				true,
+				false,
+				b.ownerDocument.defaultView,
+				detailFlags,
+				aEvent.ctrlKey,
+				aEvent.altKey,
+				aEvent.shiftKey,
+				aEvent.metaKey,
+				aEvent
+			);
 			event.scrollDown = scrollDown;
 			event.scrollUp = scrollUp;
 			event.standBy = standBy;
 			event.onlyShiftKey = onlyShiftKey;
-			event.sourceEvent = aEvent;
 			b.dispatchEvent(event);
 		}
 

modules/autoHide.js

@@ -1126,12 +1126,12 @@ AutoHideBrowser.prototype = {
 				if (this.enabled &&
 					this.treeStyleTab.getTreePref('tabbar.autoShow.tabSwitch') &&
 					(
-						aEvent.scrollDown ||
+						aEvent.detail & this.treeStyleTab.kTAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_SCROLL_DOWN ||
-						aEvent.scrollUp ||
+						aEvent.detail & this.treeStyleTab.kTAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_SCROLL_UP ||
 						( // when you release "shift" key
 							this.expanded &&
-							aEvent.standBy &&
+							aEvent.detail & this.treeStyleTab.kTAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_STAND_BY &&
-							aEvent.onlyShiftKey
+							aEvent.detail & this.treeStyleTab.kTAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_ONLY_SHIFT_KEY
 						)
 					))
 					this.show(this.kSHOWN_BY_SHORTCUT);

modules/utils.js

@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ var TreeStyleTabUtils = {
 	kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_KEY_DOWN : 'nsDOMTreeStyleTabFocusSwitchingKeyDown',
 	kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_START    : 'nsDOMTreeStyleTabFocusSwitchingStart',
 	kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_END      : 'nsDOMTreeStyleTabFocusSwitchingEnd',
+	kTAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_SCROLL_DOWN    : (1 << 0),
+	kTAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_SCROLL_UP      : (1 << 1),
+	kTAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_STAND_BY       : (1 << 2),
+	kTAB_FOCUS_SWITCHING_ONLY_SHIFT_KEY : (1 << 3),
 	kEVENT_TYPE_SUBTREE_CLOSING              : 'nsDOMTreeStyleTabSubtreeClosing',
 	kEVENT_TYPE_SUBTREE_CLOSED               : 'nsDOMTreeStyleTabSubtreeClosed',
 	kEVENT_TYPE_TAB_COLLAPSED_STATE_CHANGED  : 'nsDOMTreeStyleTabCollapsedStateChange',