1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/xterm.c b/src/xterm.c
index 41d7ffd73fc..2fb813d04fc 100644
--- a/src/xterm.c
+++ b/src/xterm.c
@@ -2595,7 +2595,9 @@ x_draw_glyph_string (struct glyph_string *s)
       break;
 
     case XWIDGET_GLYPH:
-      //x_draw_glyph_string_background (s, 0);
+      //erase xwidget background
+      x_draw_glyph_string_background (s, 0);
+      //x_draw_xwidget_glyph_string draws phantom xwidgets only, live xwidgets are drawn in an expose handler
       x_draw_xwidget_glyph_string (s);
       break;