Prevent blink interval from running unless needed

Part of #944

addons/addon-webgl/src/WebglRenderer.ts

@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ export class WebglRenderer extends Disposable implements IRenderer {
   private _observerDisposable = this._register(new MutableDisposable());
 
   private _model: RenderModel = new RenderModel();
+  private _rowHasBlinkingCells: boolean[] = [];
+  private _rowHasBlinkingCellsCount: number = 0;
   private _workCell: ICellData = new CellData();
-  private _workCell2: ICellData = new CellData();
   private _cellColorResolver: CellColorResolver;
 
   private _canvas: HTMLCanvasElement;
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ export class WebglRenderer extends Disposable implements IRenderer {
       this._coreBrowserService,
       this._optionsService
     ));
+    this._resetBlinkingRowState();
 
     this._deviceMaxTextureSize = this._gl.getParameter(this._gl.MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE);
 
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ export class WebglRenderer extends Disposable implements IRenderer {
     this._updateDimensions();
 
     this._model.resize(this._terminal.cols, this._terminal.rows);
+    this._resetBlinkingRowState();
 
     // Resize all render layers
     for (const l of this._renderLayers) {
@@ -238,6 +241,10 @@ export class WebglRenderer extends Disposable implements IRenderer {
     this._requestRedrawViewport();
   }
 
+  public handleViewportVisibilityChange(isVisible: boolean): void {
+    this._textBlinkStateManager.setViewportVisible(isVisible);
+  }
+
   public handleSelectionChanged(start: [number, number] | undefined, end: [number, number] | undefined, columnSelectMode: boolean): void {
     for (const l of this._renderLayers) {
       l.handleSelectionChanged(this._terminal, start, end, columnSelectMode);
@@ -330,6 +337,9 @@ export class WebglRenderer extends Disposable implements IRenderer {
       l.reset(this._terminal);
     }
 
+    this._resetBlinkingRowState();
+    this._textBlinkStateManager.setNeedsBlinkInViewport(false);
+
     this._cursorBlinkStateManager.value?.restartBlinkAnimation();
     this._updateCursorBlink();
   }
@@ -427,6 +437,7 @@ export class WebglRenderer extends Disposable implements IRenderer {
     for (y = start; y <= end; y++) {
       row = y + terminal.buffer.ydisp;
       line = terminal.buffer.lines.get(row)!;
+      let rowHasBlinkingCells = false;
       this._model.lineLengths[y] = 0;
       isCursorRow = cursorY === row;
       skipJoinedCheckUntilX = 0;
@@ -484,6 +495,10 @@ export class WebglRenderer extends Disposable implements IRenderer {
         code = cell.getCode();
         i = ((y * terminal.cols) + x) * RENDER_MODEL_INDICIES_PER_CELL;
 
+        if (!rowHasBlinkingCells && cell.isBlink()) {
+          rowHasBlinkingCells = true;
+        }
+
         // Load colors/resolve overrides into work colors
         this._cellColorResolver.resolve(cell, x, row, this.dimensions.device.cell.width);
 
@@ -563,11 +578,31 @@ export class WebglRenderer extends Disposable implements IRenderer {
           x--; // Go back to the previous update cell for next iteration
         }
       }
+      this._setRowBlinkState(y, rowHasBlinkingCells);
     }
     if (modelUpdated) {
       this._rectangleRenderer.value!.updateBackgrounds(this._model);
     }
     this._rectangleRenderer.value!.updateCursor(this._model);
+    this._updateTextBlinkState();
+  }
+
+  private _resetBlinkingRowState(): void {
+    this._rowHasBlinkingCells = new Array(this._terminal.rows).fill(false);
+    this._rowHasBlinkingCellsCount = 0;
+  }
+
+  private _setRowBlinkState(row: number, hasBlinkingCells: boolean): void {
+    const previous = this._rowHasBlinkingCells[row];
+    if (previous === hasBlinkingCells) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this._rowHasBlinkingCells[row] = hasBlinkingCells;
+    this._rowHasBlinkingCellsCount += hasBlinkingCells ? 1 : -1;
+  }
+
+  private _updateTextBlinkState(): void {
+    this._textBlinkStateManager.setNeedsBlinkInViewport(this._rowHasBlinkingCellsCount > 0);
   }
 
   /**