From 1a405a7e7ca1e7fabc42df86c5b15fd970ff72ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vaxry <vaxry@vaxry.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:08:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] core: never use hw cursors when tearing

---
 src/config/ConfigManager.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
index ceaa09797..1c98b5b59 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/src/config/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -3131,6 +3131,9 @@ const std::vector<SConfigOptionDescription>& CConfigManager::getAllDescriptions(
 bool CConfigManager::shouldUseSoftwareCursors(PHLMONITOR pMonitor) {
     static auto PNOHW = CConfigValue<Hyprlang::INT>("cursor:no_hardware_cursors");
 
+    if (pMonitor->m_tearingState.activelyTearing)
+        return true;
+
     switch (*PNOHW) {
         case 0: return false;
         case 1: return true;