Intellij focus is flickering heavily

[Mr-EmPee]

Original issue: #9355

Hyprland version

Hyprland 0.48.1

Regression

Seems like it

Bisected this issue. First bad commit seems to be 354d459
Originally posted by @ryincler in #9355

Describe the bug

I have recently updated my archlinux and got the latest hyprland version. Since then, Intellij is behaving badly mouse is unresponsive around the edges of the Intellij window. I am using IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3.5 (Community Edition) - Build #IC-243.26053.27 running under XWayland

Reproduction steps

video

System info and config

dump.txt

[vaxerski]

I used to use intellij, and tried just now and it works just fine?

[Mr-EmPee]

There are some workarounds to this issue, have you checked if your config has any old rule that fixes it?

[Mr-EmPee]

@vaxerski are u sure it is fixed?

Hyprland version

Hyprland 0.49.0 built from branch  at commit 9958d297641b5c84dcff93f9039d80a5ad37ab00  (version: bump to 0.49.0).
Date: Thu May 8 20:15:18 2025
Tag: v0.49.0, commits: 6098
built against:
 aquamarine 0.8.0
 hyprlang 0.6.3
 hyprutils 0.7.1
 hyprcursor 0.1.12
 hyprgraphics 0.1.3

IntelliJ version 2025.1.1.1

output.mp4

[MightyPlaza]

is running it under native wayland out of question?

[vaxerski]

running under XWayland

[MightyPlaza]

yes but jetbrains programs can be ran in native wayland now, which should probably result in a better experience
not saying this shouldn't be looked into, just providing an alternative

[vaxerski]

right, misunderstood ya

[matejdro]

Native wayland has its own share of issues (low performance + several bugs), so, at least for me, running in XWayland is still a better experience.

[francisdb]

Docs on enabling Wayland:
https://blog.jetbrains.com/platform/2024/07/wayland-support-preview-in-2024-2/

[ctilley83]

I run IntelliJ products in Wayland mode. I've found that installing beta versions of the Jetbrains Runtime helps. Their wayland implementation is under heavy development right now.

Edit: the newest release is the stable version. There's no beta right now. However Jetbrains IDEs can lag behind a couple versions before they push the latest JBR.

https://github.com/JetBrains/JetBrainsRuntime

Go to releases and download the latest beta then follow these instructions.

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/switching-boot-jdk.html

If you're not running in Wayland mode, follow these instructions.

https://blog.jetbrains.com/platform/2024/07/wayland-support-preview-in-2024-2/

[matejdro]

Native wayland has its own share of issues (low performance + several bugs), so, at least for me, running in XWayland is still a better experience.

[ctilley83]

Native wayland has its own share of issues (low performance + several bugs), so, at least for me, running in XWayland is still a better experience.

Have you tried it recently? Last few weeks? Remember how the application menus would lag? That's fixed. It's a much better experience now.

[Mr-EmPee]

Last time I tried was a week ago on the stable channel and I had problems while refactoring some code, must say that I didn't even try to fix the problems I encountered and just switched back to XWayland

[matejdro]

Just tested with latest IntelliJ + latest Jetbrains Runtime, https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-8356 is still happening and this is a deal breaking issue for me since I use this popup a lot.

[khalid151]

These tooltips are basically newly spawned windows that steal focus. Check their title by monitoring the IPC socket and apply a similar rule:

windowrule = noinitialfocus, class:(jetbrains-studio), title:^win(.*)

I had a similar issue with android studio and this fixed it.

[YentheFromGhent]

Thanks man, this worked for me using jetbrains-idea:

windowrule = noinitialfocus, class:(jetbrains-idea), title:^win.*

[v15as]

Awesome. For me I had to swap class:(jetbrains-studio) to class:(jetbrains-idea-ce)

[ddschmitz]

This fixed the flickering I was experiencing in Clion. Thank you!

[InvictusSlayer]

Thanks that worked for me too! I also used windowrule = rounding 0, class:(jetbrains-idea), title:^win(.*) to fix the pop-ups from having the Hyprland rounding applied to it.

[TS22082]

Nice this was the fix for m;: I'm on Arch running hyperland -- this was my full fix including the tools windows and spelling suggestions boxes.

windowrulev2 = noinitialfocus, class:(jetbrains-goland), title:^win.*
windowrulev2 = noinitialfocus, class:jetbrains-toolbox, floating:1
windowrulev2 = noinitialfocus, class:(jetbrains-goland), title:^$, initialTitle:^$, floating:1

If you aren't sure what class is acting up. Have the program running and run hyprctl clients --> you will see the programs with their classes running.

[Mr-EmPee]

@vaxerski Just checking – is there a plan to fix this issue in the future, or is the current rule intended as a permanent workaround?

[vaxerski]

no plans - the windowrule works, and this is just some horrid, weird x11 thing that the ide does.

[NicolasDorier]

Here what can help basecamp/omarchy#3326