diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
index 26c2912b242..4845aab8da5 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -917,6 +917,9 @@ var SnippetsMenu = Widget.extend({
             });
 
             var $target = $(srcElement);
+            if (!$target.closest('we-button, we-toggler, .o_we_color_preview').length) {
+                this._closeWidgets();
+            }
             if (!$target.closest('body > *').length) {
                 return;
             }