diff --git a/accessible/tests/mochitest/events.js b/accessible/tests/mochitest/events.js
index c988338d8677..047e90e8e756 100644
--- a/accessible/tests/mochitest/events.js
+++ b/accessible/tests/mochitest/events.js
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ var gA11yEventDumpToAppConsole = false;
  */
 var gA11yEventDumpFeature = "";
 
+/**
+ * Function to detect HTML elements when given a node.
+ */
+function isHTMLElement(aNode) {
+  return aNode.nodeType == aNode.ELEMENT_NODE &&
+         aNode.namespaceURI == "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
+}
+
 /**
  * Executes the function when requested event is handled.
  *
@@ -1059,11 +1067,19 @@ function synthClick(aNodeOrID, aCheckerOrEventSeq, aArgs) {
     }
 
     // Scroll the node into view, otherwise synth click may fail.
-    targetNode.scrollIntoView(true);
+    if (isHTMLElement(targetNode)) {
+      targetNode.scrollIntoView(true);
+    } else if (targetNode instanceof nsIDOMXULElement) {
+      var targetAcc = getAccessible(targetNode);
+      targetAcc.scrollTo(SCROLL_TYPE_ANYWHERE);
+    }
 
     var x = 1, y = 1;
     if (aArgs && ("where" in aArgs) && aArgs.where == "right") {
-      x = targetNode.getBoundingClientRect().width - 1;
+      if (isHTMLElement(targetNode))
+        x = targetNode.offsetWidth - 1;
+      else if (targetNode instanceof nsIDOMXULElement)
+        x = targetNode.boxObject.width - 1;
     }
     synthesizeMouse(targetNode, x, y, aArgs ? aArgs : {});
   };