diff --git a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
index d111d3a40..f6187f02d 100644
--- a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
@@ -1002,8 +1002,14 @@ describe "Editor", ->
   describe "multiple cursors", ->
     it "places multiple cursor with meta-click", ->
       editor.attachToDom()
+      setEditorHeightInChars(editor, 5)
       editor.lines.trigger mousedownEvent(editor: editor, point: [3, 0])
+      editor.scroller.scrollTop(editor.lineHeight * 6)
+
+      spyOn(editor, "scrollTo").andCallThrough()
+
       editor.lines.trigger mousedownEvent(editor: editor, point: [6, 0], metaKey: true)
+      expect(editor.scrollTo.callCount).toBe 1
 
       [cursor1, cursor2] = editor.find('.cursor').map -> $(this).view()
       expect(cursor1.position()).toEqual(top: 3 * editor.lineHeight, left: 0)
diff --git a/src/app/anchor.coffee b/src/app/anchor.coffee
index d1eeb105f..ccc625004 100644
--- a/src/app/anchor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/anchor.coffee
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ class Anchor
   bufferPosition: null
   screenPosition: null
 
-  constructor: (editor) ->
+  constructor: (editor, screenPosition) ->
     @editor = editor
-    @bufferPosition = new Point(0, 0)
-    @screenPosition = new Point(0, 0)
+
+    if screenPosition
+      @setScreenPosition(screenPosition)
+    else
+      @bufferPosition = new Point(0,0)
+      @screenPosition = new Point(0,0)
 
   handleBufferChange: (e) ->
     { oldRange, newRange } = e
diff --git a/src/app/composite-cursor.coffee b/src/app/composite-cursor.coffee
index ac3166557..e4399b4ac 100644
--- a/src/app/composite-cursor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/composite-cursor.coffee
@@ -17,19 +17,18 @@ class CompositeCursor
   getCursors: ->
     @cursors
 
-  addCursor: ->
-    cursor = new Cursor(@editor)
+  addCursor: (screenPosition=null) ->
+    cursor = new Cursor({@editor, screenPosition})
     @cursors.push(cursor)
     @editor.lines.append(cursor)
     cursor
 
   addCursorAtScreenPosition: (screenPosition) ->
-    cursor = @addCursor()
-    cursor.setScreenPosition(screenPosition)
+    cursor = @addCursor(screenPosition)
 
   addCursorAtBufferPosition: (bufferPosition) ->
-    cursor = @addCursor()
-    cursor.setBufferPosition(bufferPosition)
+    screenPosition = @editor.screenPositionForBufferPosition(bufferPosition)
+    cursor = @addCursor(screenPosition)
 
   removeCursor: (cursor) ->
     _.remove(@cursors, cursor)
diff --git a/src/app/cursor.coffee b/src/app/cursor.coffee
index deb545d7c..37d4d795a 100644
--- a/src/app/cursor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/cursor.coffee
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ class Cursor extends View
   editor: null
   wordRegex: /(\w+)|([^\w\s]+)/g
 
-  initialize: (@editor) ->
-    @anchor = new Anchor(@editor)
+  initialize: ({editor, screenPosition}) ->
+    @editor = editor
+    @anchor = new Anchor(@editor, screenPosition)
     @selection = @editor.compositeSelection.addSelectionForCursor(this)
-    @one 'attach', => @updateAppearance()
+    @one 'attach', =>
+      @updateAppearance()
+      @editor.syncCursorAnimations()
 
   handleBufferChange: (e) ->
     @anchor.handleBufferChange(e)
@@ -51,6 +54,11 @@ class Cursor extends View
     window.clearTimeout(@idleTimeout) if @idleTimeout
     @idleTimeout = window.setTimeout (=> @addClass 'idle'), 200
 
+  resetCursorAnimation: ->
+    window.clearTimeout(@idleTimeout) if @idleTimeout
+    @removeClass 'idle'
+    _.defer => @addClass 'idle'
+
   clearSelection: ->
     @selection.clearSelection() unless @selection.retainSelection
 
diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index 0939a0173..270e7b08b 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ class Editor extends View
       @off 'mousemove', moveHandler
       reverse = @compositeSelection.getLastSelection().isReversed()
       @compositeSelection.mergeIntersectingSelections({reverse})
+      @syncCursorAnimations()
 
   renderLines: ->
     @lineCache = []
@@ -484,9 +485,9 @@ class Editor extends View
     @buffer.getMode()
 
   scrollTo: (pixelPosition) ->
-    _.defer =>
-       @scrollVertically(pixelPosition)
-       @scrollHorizontally(pixelPosition)
+    _.defer => # Optimization
+      @scrollVertically(pixelPosition)
+      @scrollHorizontally(pixelPosition)
 
   scrollVertically: (pixelPosition) ->
     linesInView = @scroller.height() / @lineHeight
@@ -516,5 +517,9 @@ class Editor extends View
     else if desiredLeft < @scroller.scrollLeft()
       @scroller.scrollLeft(desiredLeft)
 
+  syncCursorAnimations: ->
+    for cursor in @getCursors()
+      do (cursor) -> cursor.resetCursorAnimation()
+
   logLines: ->
     @renderer.logLines()