I've run into this problem myself. I vote for this to be a new option too!
There is an easy workaround, but i do agree that it would be a nice feature to make electrum even nicer 
+1 vote (in case ThomasV is taking votes offcourse)
+1 vote (in case ThomasV is taking votes offcourse)
Just add a feature request to /electrum github, i dont have a github account, so any of you guys should do it please.
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum