From e260e3872cb08c12c46981a6c8b7d2115a6a405c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paulb23 <p_batty@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 14:02:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Caret blink no longer updates when hidden, issue 5100

---
 scene/gui/text_edit.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
index 18ee93ade12..3e374ef8883 100644
--- a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
@@ -3261,7 +3261,9 @@ void TextEdit::_reset_caret_blink_timer() {
 
 void TextEdit::_toggle_draw_caret() {
 	draw_caret = !draw_caret;
-	update();
+	if (is_visible()) {
+		update();
+	}
 }
 
 void TextEdit::_update_caches() {