From 208f94fe12a30474d6805262524da3da492a0990 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maximilian Seidler <78690852+PaideiaDilemma@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:08:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] animations: sync inactive/active border angles when using
 borderangle animations (#9401)

---
 src/render/decorations/CHyprBorderDecoration.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/render/decorations/CHyprBorderDecoration.cpp b/src/render/decorations/CHyprBorderDecoration.cpp
index 5f2fdbda2e4..0df3acde478 100644
--- a/src/render/decorations/CHyprBorderDecoration.cpp
+++ b/src/render/decorations/CHyprBorderDecoration.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ void CHyprBorderDecoration::draw(PHLMONITOR pMonitor, float const& a) {
     if (m_pWindow->m_fBorderAngleAnimationProgress->enabled()) {
         grad.m_fAngle += m_pWindow->m_fBorderAngleAnimationProgress->value() * M_PI * 2;
         grad.m_fAngle = normalizeAngleRad(grad.m_fAngle);
+
+        // When borderangle is animated, it is counterintuitive to fade between inactive/active gradient angles.
+        // Instead we sync the angles to avoid fading between them and additionally rotating the border angle.
+        if (ANIMATED)
+            m_pWindow->m_cRealBorderColorPrevious.m_fAngle = grad.m_fAngle;
     }
 
     int                             borderSize    = m_pWindow->getRealBorderSize();