diff --git a/xpfe/components/autocomplete/resources/content/autocomplete.xml b/xpfe/components/autocomplete/resources/content/autocomplete.xml
index f04aa1cf12f4..07a0de08c2d4 100644
--- a/xpfe/components/autocomplete/resources/content/autocomplete.xml
+++ b/xpfe/components/autocomplete/resources/content/autocomplete.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
           <xul:image class="autocomplete-icon" allowevents="true"/>
         </children>
 
-        <xul:hbox class="textbox-input-box" flex="1" xbl:inherits="tooltiptext=inputtooltiptext">
+        <xul:hbox class="textbox-input-box" flex="1" xbl:inherits="context,tooltiptext=inputtooltiptext">
           <html:input anonid="input" class="autocomplete-textbox textbox-input"
                       flex="1" allowevents="true"
                       xbl:inherits="tooltiptext=inputtooltiptext,onfocus,onblur,value,type,maxlength,disabled,size,readonly,userAction"/>
diff --git a/xpfe/global/resources/content/bindings/textbox.xml b/xpfe/global/resources/content/bindings/textbox.xml
index 75b94a14d11f..d5dad2a15d57 100644
--- a/xpfe/global/resources/content/bindings/textbox.xml
+++ b/xpfe/global/resources/content/bindings/textbox.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     </resources>
     
     <content>
-      <xul:hbox class="textbox-input-box" flex="1">
+      <xul:hbox class="textbox-input-box" flex="1" xbl:inherits="context">
         <html:input class="textbox-input" flex="1" anonid="input"
                     xbl:inherits="onfocus,onblur,value,type,maxlength,disabled,size,readonly,tabindex,accesskey"/>
       </xul:hbox>
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 
   <binding id="textarea" extends="chrome://global/content/bindings/textbox.xml#textbox">
     <content>
-      <xul:hbox class="textbox-input-box" flex="1">
+      <xul:hbox class="textbox-input-box" flex="1" xbl:inherits="context">
         <html:textarea class="textbox-textarea" flex="1" anonid="input"
                        xbl:inherits="onfocus,onblur,value,disabled,rows,cols,readonly,wrap"/>
       </xul:hbox>