diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/InlayModel.java b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/InlayModel.java
index 0b35b20a7dfd..433fdaff6d71 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/InlayModel.java
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/InlayModel.java
@@ -238,6 +238,13 @@ public interface InlayModel {
   @NotNull
   List<Inlay<?>> getAfterLineEndElementsForLogicalLine(int logicalLine);
 
+  /**
+   * Tells whether there exists at least one after-line-end element currently.
+   */
+  default boolean hasAfterLineEndElements() {
+    return !getAfterLineEndElementsInRange(0, Integer.MAX_VALUE).isEmpty();
+  }
+
   /**
    * When text is inserted at inline element's offset, resulting element's position is determined by its
    * {@link InlayProperties#relatesToPrecedingText(boolean)} property. But to enable natural editing experience around inline elements
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/InlayModelImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/InlayModelImpl.java
index d394f8582fc9..4bffe0482f10 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/InlayModelImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/InlayModelImpl.java
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ public final class InlayModelImpl implements InlayModel, PrioritizedDocumentList
     return (List)result;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public boolean hasAfterLineEndElements() {
     return myAfterLineEndElementsTree.size() > 0;
   }