From 53e532e52b55456f46f2c051d653cc293f03ce89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stanislav Alekseev <stanislav.alekseev@jetbrains.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:54:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [editor] IJPL-233066 disable smooth caret blinking in RDP
 sessions

(cherry picked from commit 807ea3b9101170427d36a19d1c9fa1b7b9c3b79e)

IJ-CR-192627

GitOrigin-RevId: f85872c18b956f3c50e545e7089203ea5deaed76
---
 .../openapi/editor/impl/EditorCaretRepaintService.kt   |  9 ++++++---
 .../com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorImpl.java   | 10 +++++++---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorCaretRepaintService.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorCaretRepaintService.kt
index 7f02310e044f..db0baa96d8fc 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorCaretRepaintService.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorCaretRepaintService.kt
@@ -73,11 +73,14 @@ internal class EditorCaretRepaintService(coroutineScope: CoroutineScope) {
     check(actionRequests.tryEmit(Unit))
   }
 
+  private fun shouldUseNormalBlinking(editor: EditorImpl) =
+    editor.shouldDisableAnimations() || !editor.settings.isSmoothCaretBlinking
+
   private suspend fun blink(editor: EditorImpl) {
-    if (editor.settings.isSmoothCaretBlinking) {
-      blinkSmooth(editor)
-    } else {
+    if (shouldUseNormalBlinking(editor)) {
       blinkNormal(editor)
+    } else {
+      blinkSmooth(editor)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorImpl.java
index c1ca5e6be8e9..a33af0fca453 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorImpl.java
@@ -3355,13 +3355,17 @@ public final class EditorImpl extends UserDataHolderBase implements EditorEx, Hi
     }
   }
 
+  boolean shouldDisableAnimations() {
+    return Registry.is("ui.simplified", false) ||
+           PowerSaveMode.isEnabled() ||
+           RemoteDesktopService.isRemoteSession();
+  }
+
   private boolean shouldSetCursorPositionImmediately() {
     return !getSettings().isAnimatedCaret() ||
            gainedFocus.getAndSet(false) ||
            myMouseIsInDrag ||
-           Registry.is("ui.simplified", false) ||
-           PowerSaveMode.isEnabled() ||
-           RemoteDesktopService.isRemoteSession();
+           shouldDisableAnimations();
   }
 
   private void setCursorPosition() {