diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/actions/ExportThreadsAction.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/actions/ExportThreadsAction.java
index 2677f9604896..e7b43d11de10 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/actions/ExportThreadsAction.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/actions/ExportThreadsAction.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-public class ExportThreadsAction extends AnAction {
+public class ExportThreadsAction extends AnAction implements AnAction.TransparentUpdate {
   public void actionPerformed(AnActionEvent e) {
     Project project = PlatformDataKeys.PROJECT.getData(e.getDataContext());
     if (project == null) {
diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/actions/ThreadDumpAction.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/actions/ThreadDumpAction.java
index 88cbeb6b56d9..cf181a9af1c9 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/actions/ThreadDumpAction.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/actions/ThreadDumpAction.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-public class ThreadDumpAction extends AnAction {
+public class ThreadDumpAction extends AnAction implements AnAction.TransparentUpdate {
 
   public void actionPerformed(AnActionEvent e) {
     final Project project = PlatformDataKeys.PROJECT.getData(e.getDataContext());
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/StopAction.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/StopAction.java
index e06b7a618cfc..c6256dc28ef2 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/StopAction.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/actions/StopAction.java
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ import com.intellij.execution.ExecutionManager;
 import com.intellij.execution.process.ProcessHandler;
 import com.intellij.execution.ui.RunContentDescriptor;
 import com.intellij.execution.ui.RunContentManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction;
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent;
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.PlatformDataKeys;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAwareAction;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-public class StopAction extends DumbAwareAction {
+public class StopAction extends DumbAwareAction implements AnAction.TransparentUpdate {
   public void actionPerformed(final AnActionEvent e) {
     final ProcessHandler processHandler = getProcessHandler(e);
     if(processHandler == null) return;
diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/AnAction.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/AnAction.java
index ca16b19308b2..bbcea138302f 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/AnAction.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/AnAction.java
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ public abstract class AnAction {
   private boolean myWorksInInjected;
 
 
-  private boolean myTransparentUpdate = false;
   /**
    * Creates a new action with its text, description and icon set to <code>null</code>.
    */
@@ -293,14 +292,14 @@ public abstract class AnAction {
   }
 
   public boolean isTransparentUpdate() {
-    return myTransparentUpdate;
-  }
-
-  public void setTransparentUpdate(boolean transparentUpdate) {
-    myTransparentUpdate = transparentUpdate;
+    return this instanceof TransparentUpdate;
   }
 
   public boolean isDumbAware() {
     return this instanceof DumbAware;
   }
+
+  public interface TransparentUpdate {
+
+  }
 }
diff --git a/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/actions/ViewBreakpointsAction.java b/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/actions/ViewBreakpointsAction.java
index 328dd89e5771..184151a5cf2c 100644
--- a/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/actions/ViewBreakpointsAction.java
+++ b/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/actions/ViewBreakpointsAction.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import com.intellij.xdebugger.impl.DebuggerSupport;
 import com.intellij.xdebugger.impl.breakpoints.ui.BreakpointsConfigurationDialogFactory;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-public class ViewBreakpointsAction extends AnAction {
+public class ViewBreakpointsAction extends AnAction implements AnAction.TransparentUpdate {
   private Object myInitialBreakpoint;
 
   public ViewBreakpointsAction(){
diff --git a/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/actions/XDebuggerActionBase.java b/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/actions/XDebuggerActionBase.java
index c97bbd79f26f..de0f9b75e2c0 100644
--- a/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/actions/XDebuggerActionBase.java
+++ b/platform/xdebugger-impl/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/impl/actions/XDebuggerActionBase.java
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 /**
  * @author nik
  */
-public abstract class XDebuggerActionBase extends AnAction {
+public abstract class XDebuggerActionBase extends AnAction implements AnAction.TransparentUpdate {
   private boolean myHideDisabledInPopup;
 
   protected XDebuggerActionBase() {
     this(false);
-    setTransparentUpdate(true);
   }
 
   protected XDebuggerActionBase(final boolean hideDisabledInPopup) {