From e3e02c72719b2ceff0c0445b9441f989d00063d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2019 22:34:56 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #2180

---
 kitty/cell_vertex.glsl | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kitty/cell_vertex.glsl b/kitty/cell_vertex.glsl
index 9a17f1246..1187cce3d 100644
--- a/kitty/cell_vertex.glsl
+++ b/kitty/cell_vertex.glsl
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ void main() {
     // Selection and cursor
     bg = choose_color(float(is_selected & ONE), color_to_vec(highlight_bg), bg);
     background = choose_color(cell_has_block_cursor, color_to_vec(cursor_color), bg);
+#if !defined(TRANSPARENT) && defined(SPECIAL)
+    float is_special_cell = cell_has_block_cursor + float(is_selected & ONE);
+    bg_alpha = step(0.5, is_special_cell);
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #endif