1387072 - While "Disable popup autohide" is selected, the webextension popup is closed when hovering over html elements in console

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(WebExtensions :: Developer Tools, defect)

Description

[Victor Carciu]

Attachment: Webextension used for testing

Prerequisites:
layers.popups.compositing.enabled set to true
extensions.webextensions.remote set to true 

Steps to reproduce:
1.Open browser and go to about:debugging
2.Check the "Enable add-on debugging" checkbox
3.Click on "Load temporary add-on" button and load the attached webextension
4.Click the "Debug" button under the loaded extension
5.In the developer tools console , click the "Disable popup autohide" button in top right corner(at the left of options icon)
6.In the browser, click on extension icon and observe that the extension popup is  now present always even if clicking outside of it
7.In the developer tools console , click the "Select an iframe..."button, at the left of "Disable popup autohide" button and select the popup from the list
8.In the developer tools console , select "Inspector" tab and hover with mouse over html elements displayed

Expected results:
While hovering with mouse on html elements from  developer tools console, the popup from browser should always be opened

Actual results:
Webextension popup is closed in browser when hovering over elements in console

NOTES:
Not reproducible on FF 56 or FF 57

Comment 1

[Andy McKay]

If its not reproducible on 56 and 57, won't fixing.