diff --git a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
index 19812e308357a0b5b2590def20e941d1ef896f0d..c4808215d75be1458fa380f64033681cb7e23ca9 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
@@ -3364,6 +3364,7 @@ impl Editor {
                 self.set_selections(selections, None, true, cx);
             }
             self.request_autoscroll(Autoscroll::Fit, cx);
+            cx.emit(Event::Edited);
         }
     }
 
@@ -3373,6 +3374,7 @@ impl Editor {
                 self.set_selections(selections, None, true, cx);
             }
             self.request_autoscroll(Autoscroll::Fit, cx);
+            cx.emit(Event::Edited);
         }
     }
 
@@ -5148,6 +5150,8 @@ impl Editor {
             } else {
                 log::error!("unexpectedly ended a transaction that wasn't started by this editor");
             }
+
+            cx.emit(Event::Edited);
         }
     }
 
@@ -5657,6 +5661,7 @@ fn compute_scroll_position(
 pub enum Event {
     Activate,
     BufferEdited,
+    Edited,
     Blurred,
     Dirtied,
     Saved,
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/items.rs b/crates/editor/src/items.rs
index 9d3a1bd0546eb4c5063db917badb1c135522e2ae..f10956c125e3d3cc9bc0eab86432a22942a884af 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/items.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/items.rs
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ impl FollowableItem for Editor {
 
     fn should_unfollow_on_event(event: &Self::Event, _: &AppContext) -> bool {
         match event {
-            // Event::BufferEdited { local } => *local,
+            Event::Edited => true,
             Event::SelectionsChanged { local } => *local,
             Event::ScrollPositionChanged { local } => *local,
             _ => false,