diff --git a/xpfe/global/resources/skin/xul.css b/xpfe/global/resources/skin/xul.css
index 47e347b9a53..b78e1ca97f4 100644
--- a/xpfe/global/resources/skin/xul.css
+++ b/xpfe/global/resources/skin/xul.css
@@ -276,10 +276,20 @@ xpmenu {
 }
 
 
-xpmenuchildren {
-	display: none;
+/* xpmenu visibility rules */
+-moz-dropdown-menu {
+  background-color:inherit;
+  color: inherit;
+  border: 1px white outset;
 }
 
+xpmenuchildren:-moz-dropdown-menu {
+  visibility:hidden;
+}
+
+xpmenu[open] xpmenuchildren:-moz-dropdown-menu {
+  visibility: visible;
+}
 
 progressmeter {
         display:inline;
@@ -983,6 +993,12 @@ box splitter[collapse="after"] grippy {
    list-style-image: url(resource:/res/toolbar/grippy-horizontal-after.gif);
 }
 
+titledbutton.twisty
+{
+  visibility: hidden;
+}
+
+
 treeitem > treerow > treecell > titledbutton.twisty {
  vertical-align: bottom;
  height: 16px;