1033674 - Preferences tab "Exceptions..." dropdowns don't have an intuitive UI to close them

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 752197

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Ian Kronquist (:muricula)]

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The new tab preferences is great, but there is an issue. If you click any of the "Exceptions" buttons under the Privacy, Security, and Advanced parts of the preferences tab a dropdown appears at the top of the window. If you do not want to add any exceptions and just want to close the dialog (maybe you clicked the button by accident) there is no obvious way to do so. The buttons are deactivated and you cannot close the current tab or window using on screen buttons. Cmd+w will close the dropdown, but that's not exactly intuitive since I had assumed it would close the tab.
This bug probably exists on windows and linux as well.

How to reproduce:
Open the preferences tab (Shift+Cmd+A)
Click the "Privacy" section
Click any of the "Exceptions..." buttons
... Puzzle about how to close the dropdown.

Comment 1

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

We're fixing this by moving them in-content.