diff -r 41300fa6a67c -r 3b1da2848fc7 src/gui/widgets/qlinecontrol.cpp
--- a/src/gui/widgets/qlinecontrol.cpp	Tue Feb 02 00:43:10 2010 +0200
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/qlinecontrol.cpp	Fri Feb 19 23:40:16 2010 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /****************************************************************************
 **
-** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
 ** All rights reserved.
 ** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
 **
@@ -510,10 +510,12 @@
             o.format.setForeground(m_palette.brush(QPalette::HighlightedText));
         } else {
             // mask selection
-            o.start = m_cursor;
-            o.length = 1;
-            o.format.setBackground(m_palette.brush(QPalette::Text));
-            o.format.setForeground(m_palette.brush(QPalette::Window));
+            if(!m_blinkPeriod || m_blinkStatus){
+                o.start = m_cursor;
+                o.length = 1;
+                o.format.setBackground(m_palette.brush(QPalette::Text));
+                o.format.setForeground(m_palette.brush(QPalette::Window));
+            }
         }
         selections.append(o);
     }