diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/mouseHandler.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/mouseHandler.ts
index f86f45521e0b5ec4db60736641aaa2bb3475d1fe..fdc1201e1bb3d4051407ca703b1e69acdce243e3 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/mouseHandler.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/controller/mouseHandler.ts
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ class MouseDownOperation extends Disposable {
 				this._mouseDragThenMoveEventHandler.handler,
 				() => {
 					if (this._mouseState.lastMouseDownEvent !== 'drag') {
-						// the last event is mouse down which happens 16ms ago.
+						// there is no dragging so we need to update the cursor position like a simple mouse down+up.
 						this._dispatchMouse(position, e.shiftKey);
 					} else {
 						this._viewController.emitMouseDrop({
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/view/viewController.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/view/viewController.ts
index 4f0f21849e75cbedb3985d23ac821ef1de15903c..d36c85c3dbff0fcd21c2381d2c233d92e89edbb7 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/view/viewController.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/view/viewController.ts
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ export class ViewController implements IViewController {
 						} else {
 							this.createCursor('mouse', data.position, false);
 						}
-
-						// last cursor range select drag
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/dnd/browser/dndHintWidget.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/dnd/browser/dndHintWidget.ts
index f1e9b363155c78ee5aa51a0e54b096973903abf8..f005f61f9071b1d8c05a9ff059e0a622e48d0f11 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/dnd/browser/dndHintWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/dnd/browser/dndHintWidget.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export class DragTargetHintWidget extends Widget implements editorBrowser.IConte
 	private _typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth: number;
 	private readonly _domNode: FastDomNode;
 	private _isVisible: boolean = false;
-	private _isDirty: boolean = false;
 
 	protected get isVisible(): boolean {
 		return this._isVisible;
@@ -33,27 +32,6 @@ export class DragTargetHintWidget extends Widget implements editorBrowser.IConte
 		this._isVisible = value;
 	}
 
-	protected set cursorStyle(value: TextEditorCursorStyle) {
-		if (this._cursorStyle !== value) {
-			this._cursorStyle = value;
-			this._isDirty = true;
-		}
-	}
-
-	protected set lineHeight(value: number) {
-		if (this._lineHeight !== value) {
-			this._lineHeight = value;
-			this._isDirty = true;
-		}
-	}
-
-	protected set typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth(value: TextEditorCursorStyle) {
-		if (this._typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth !== value) {
-			this._typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth = value;
-			this._isDirty = true;
-		}
-	}
-
 	constructor(editor: editorBrowser.ICodeEditor) {
 		super();
 		this._editor = editor;
@@ -69,15 +47,15 @@ export class DragTargetHintWidget extends Widget implements editorBrowser.IConte
 		this._domNode.setVisibility('hidden');
 		this._editor.addContentWidget(this);
 
-		this.cursorStyle = this._editor.getConfiguration().viewInfo.cursorStyle;
-		this.lineHeight = this._editor.getConfiguration().lineHeight;
-		this.typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth = this._editor.getConfiguration().fontInfo.typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth;
+		this._cursorStyle = this._editor.getConfiguration().viewInfo.cursorStyle;
+		this._lineHeight = this._editor.getConfiguration().lineHeight;
+		this._typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth = this._editor.getConfiguration().fontInfo.typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth;
 
 		this._register(this._editor.onDidChangeConfiguration((e: IConfigurationChangedEvent) => {
 			if (e.fontInfo || e.viewInfo || e.lineHeight) {
-				this.typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth = this._editor.getConfiguration().fontInfo.typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth;
-				this.lineHeight = this._editor.getConfiguration().lineHeight;
-				this.cursorStyle = this._editor.getConfiguration().viewInfo.cursorStyle;
+				this._typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth = this._editor.getConfiguration().fontInfo.typicalHalfwidthCharacterWidth;
+				this._lineHeight = this._editor.getConfiguration().lineHeight;
+				this._cursorStyle = this._editor.getConfiguration().viewInfo.cursorStyle;
 			}
 		}));
 
@@ -136,7 +114,7 @@ export class DragTargetHintWidget extends Widget implements editorBrowser.IConte
 	}
 
 	private renderCursor() {
-		if (!this.isVisible || !this._isDirty) {
+		if (!this.isVisible) {
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -153,7 +131,5 @@ export class DragTargetHintWidget extends Widget implements editorBrowser.IConte
 		} else {
 			this._domNode.setClassName('cursor secondary');
 		}
-
-		this._isDirty = false;
 	}
 }