# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop caret lost in text fields on pointer move

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where moving the pointer on desktop causes the caret to be stolen from focused text fields (such as clarify answer boxes), along with fixes to prevent focus-follow behavior from overriding focused text inputs.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114943. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114943 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-114943`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #114245: \[Bug\]: Desktop — moving the pointer steals the caret out of a clarify card's answer box (floating composer focus-follow ignores focused text fields)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114943: fix(desktop): keep the caret in a focused clarify answer box or any transcript text field when the pointer moves (#114245, #114681, salvage #114250)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/floating-target-editable-guard.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/floating-target.ts`
- **#114250: fix(desktop): keep the caret in a focused clarify/text field when the pointer moves (#114245)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `16c451c28017`, `#114943`, `#114245`, `#114681`, `#114250`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114943 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.