This is a constant irritation for me on Linux too. My other pet peeve is the fact that you can have more than one caret, or a blinking caret visible in an unfo

This is a constant irritation for me on Linux too. My other pet peeve is the fact that you can have more than one caret, or a blinking caret visible in an unfocused window - causing you to type thinking that input will go to one location when it actually goes elsewhere.