Don't render selections/cursors on views not in focus.

helix-term/src/ui/editor.rs

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ impl EditorView {
         viewport: Rect,
         surface: &mut Surface,
         theme: &Theme,
+        is_focused: bool,
     ) {
         let area = Rect::new(
             viewport.x + OFFSET,
@@ -43,14 +44,14 @@ impl EditorView {
             viewport.width - OFFSET,
             viewport.height - 2,
         ); // - 2 for statusline and prompt
-        self.render_buffer(view, area, surface, theme);
+        self.render_buffer(view, area, surface, theme, is_focused);
 
         // clear with background color
         // TODO: this seems to prevent setting style later
         // surface.set_style(viewport, theme.get("ui.background"));
 
         let area = Rect::new(viewport.x, viewport.height - 2, viewport.width, 1);
-        self.render_statusline(&view.doc, area, surface, theme);
+        self.render_statusline(&view.doc, area, surface, theme, is_focused);
     }
 
     // TODO: ideally not &mut View but highlights require it because of cursor cache
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ impl EditorView {
         viewport: Rect,
         surface: &mut Surface,
         theme: &Theme,
+        is_focused: bool,
     ) {
         // TODO: inefficient, should feed chunks.iter() to tree_sitter.parse_with(|offset, pos|)
         let source_code = view.doc.text().to_string();
@@ -93,8 +95,8 @@ impl EditorView {
         let mut spans = Vec::new();
         let mut visual_x = 0;
         let mut line = 0u16;
-        let visible_selections: Vec<Range> = view
-            .doc
+        let visible_selections: Vec<Range> = if is_focused {
+            view.doc
                 .state
                 .selection()
                 .ranges()
@@ -102,7 +104,11 @@ impl EditorView {
                 // TODO: limit selection to one in viewport
                 // .filter(|range| !range.is_empty()) // && range.overlaps(&Range::new(start, end + 1))
                 .copied()
-            .collect();
+                .collect()
+        } else {
+            // don't render selections on unfocused windows
+            Vec::new()
+        };
 
         'outer: for event in highlights {
             match event.unwrap() {
@@ -233,6 +239,7 @@ impl EditorView {
         viewport: Rect,
         surface: &mut Surface,
         theme: &Theme,
+        is_focused: bool,
     ) {
         let text_color = text_color();
         let mode = match doc.mode() {
@@ -322,9 +329,9 @@ impl Component for EditorView {
         // SAFETY: we cheat around the view_mut() borrow because it doesn't allow us to also borrow
         // theme. Theme is immutable mutating view won't disrupt theme_ref.
         let theme_ref = unsafe { &*(&cx.editor.theme as *const Theme) };
-        for view in cx.editor.tree.views() {
+        for (view, is_focused) in cx.editor.tree.views() {
             // TODO: use parent area
-            self.render_view(view, view.area, surface, theme_ref);
+            self.render_view(view, view.area, surface, theme_ref, is_focused);
         }
 
         // TODO: drop unwrap

helix-view/src/editor.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use anyhow::Error;
 pub struct Editor {
     pub tree: Tree,
     // pub documents: Vec<Document>,
-    pub focus: Key,
     pub should_close: bool,
     pub theme: Theme, // TODO: share one instance
     pub language_servers: helix_lsp::Registry,
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ impl Editor {
 
         Self {
             tree: Tree::new(area),
-            focus: Key::default(),
             should_close: false,
             theme,
             language_servers,
@@ -52,16 +50,15 @@ impl Editor {
         }
 
         let view = View::new(doc)?;
-        let pos = self.tree.insert(view);
-        self.focus = pos;
+        self.tree.insert(view);
         Ok(())
     }
 
     pub fn view(&self) -> &View {
-        self.tree.get(self.focus)
+        self.tree.get(self.tree.focus)
     }
 
     pub fn view_mut(&mut self) -> &mut View {
-        self.tree.get_mut(self.focus)
+        self.tree.get_mut(self.tree.focus)
     }
 }