diff --git a/bin/jmeter.properties b/bin/jmeter.properties
index bac04e85bc9..0a1e8a5be1e 100644
--- a/bin/jmeter.properties
+++ b/bin/jmeter.properties
@@ -1217,6 +1217,15 @@ view.results.tree.renderers_order=.RenderAsText,.RenderAsRegexp,.RenderAsBoundar
 # Set to 0 to store all results (might consume a lot of memory)
 #view.results.tree.max_results=500
 
+# Set to true to enable by default the checkbox for auto scrolling.
+#view.results.tree.autoscroll=false
+
+# Set to true to enable by default the checkbox for stop auto scrolling on 1st error.
+#view.results.tree.autostop=true
+
+# Default width of the scroll view
+#view.results.tree.width=250
+
 # Maximum size of Document that can be parsed by Tika engine; default=10 * 1024 * 1024 (10 MB)
 # Set to 0 to disable the size check
 #document.max_size=0
diff --git a/src/components/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/SamplerResultTab.java b/src/components/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/SamplerResultTab.java
index 90819ac6c45..a83706812b6 100644
--- a/src/components/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/SamplerResultTab.java
+++ b/src/components/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/SamplerResultTab.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public abstract class SamplerResultTab implements ResultRenderer {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SamplerResultTab.class);
     // N.B. these are not multi-threaded, so don't make it static
     private final DateTimeFormatter dateFormat = DateTimeFormatter
-            .ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z")  // ISO format $NON-NLS-1$
+            .ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS O")  // ISO format $NON-NLS-1$
             .withZone(ZoneId.systemDefault());
 
     private static final String NL = "\n"; // $NON-NLS-1$
@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ public void setupTabPane() {
                         .append(JMeterUtils
                                 .getResString("view_results_thread_name")).append(SPACE) //$NON-NLS-1$
                         .append(sampleResult.getThreadName()).append(NL);
+                statsBuff
+                        .append(JMeterUtils
+                                .getResString("view_results_sample_name")) //$NON-NLS-1$
+                        .append(sampleResult.getSampleLabel()).append(NL);
                 String startTime = dateFormat
                         .format(Instant.ofEpochMilli(sampleResult.getStartTime()));
                 statsBuff
@@ -371,6 +375,10 @@ public void setupTabPane() {
                 resultModel.addRow(new RowResult(
                         JMeterUtils.getParsedLabel("view_results_thread_name"), //$NON-NLS-1$
                         sampleResult.getThreadName()));
+                resultModel.addRow(new RowResult(
+                        JMeterUtils.getParsedLabel(
+                                "view_results_sample_name"), //$NON-NLS-1$
+                        sampleResult.getSampleLabel()));
                 resultModel.addRow(new RowResult(
                         JMeterUtils.getParsedLabel("view_results_sample_start"), //$NON-NLS-1$
                         startTime));
diff --git a/src/components/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/ViewResultsFullVisualizer.java b/src/components/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/ViewResultsFullVisualizer.java
index 1c9470b45c4..b3c97201893 100644
--- a/src/components/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/ViewResultsFullVisualizer.java
+++ b/src/components/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/ViewResultsFullVisualizer.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Component;
 import java.awt.Dimension;
+import java.awt.FlowLayout;
+import java.awt.Rectangle;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
@@ -43,8 +45,10 @@
 import javax.swing.ComboBoxModel;
 import javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel;
 import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
+import javax.swing.JButton;
 import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
 import javax.swing.JComboBox;
+import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
 import javax.swing.JSplitPane;
 import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
@@ -117,6 +121,15 @@ public class ViewResultsFullVisualizer extends AbstractVisualizer
     private static final String VIEWERS_ORDER =
             JMeterUtils.getPropDefault("view.results.tree.renderers_order", ""); // $NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 
+    //default scroll checkbox status
+    private static final boolean SCROLL_CHECKBOX = JMeterUtils.getPropDefault("view.results.tree.autoscroll", false);
+
+    //default uncheck if failed scroll checkbox status
+    private static final boolean SCROLL_STOP_CHECKBOX = JMeterUtils.getPropDefault("view.results.tree.autostop", true);
+
+    // default tree scroll width
+    private static final int SCROLL_WIDTH = JMeterUtils.getPropDefault("view.results.tree.width", 250); // $NON-NLS-1$
+
     private static final int REFRESH_PERIOD = JMeterUtils.getPropDefault("jmeter.gui.refresh_period", 500);
 
     private static final ImageIcon imageSuccess = JMeterUtils.getImage(
@@ -138,9 +151,10 @@ public class ViewResultsFullVisualizer extends AbstractVisualizer
     private ResultRenderer resultsRender = null;
     private Object resultsObject = null;
     private TreeSelectionEvent lastSelectionEvent;
-    private JCheckBox autoScrollCB;
+    private JCheckBox autoScrollCB, scrollStopCB;
     private final Queue<SampleResult> buffer;
     private boolean dataChanged;
+    private SampleResult failedSampler;
 
     /**
      * Constructor
@@ -163,6 +177,8 @@ public void add(final SampleResult sample) {
         synchronized (buffer) {
             buffer.add(sample);
             dataChanged = true;
+            if (!sample.isSuccessful() && failedSampler == null)
+                failedSampler = sample;
         }
     }
 
@@ -170,6 +186,7 @@ public void add(final SampleResult sample) {
      * Update the visualizer with new data.
      */
     private void updateGui() {
+        int failedSamplerPosition = 0;
         TreePath selectedPath = null;
         Object oldSelectedElement;
         Set<Object> oldExpandedElements;
@@ -184,20 +201,19 @@ private void updateGui() {
             oldSelectedElement = getSelectedObject();
             root.removeAllChildren();
             for (SampleResult sampler: buffer) {
-                SampleResult res = sampler;
                 // Add sample
-                DefaultMutableTreeNode currNode = new SearchableTreeNode(res, treeModel);
+                DefaultMutableTreeNode currNode = new SearchableTreeNode(sampler, treeModel);
                 treeModel.insertNodeInto(currNode, root, root.getChildCount());
                 List<TreeNode> path = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(root, currNode));
                 selectedPath = checkExpandedOrSelected(path,
-                        res, oldSelectedElement,
+                        sampler, oldSelectedElement,
                         oldExpandedElements, newExpandedPaths, selectedPath);
-                TreePath potentialSelection = addSubResults(currNode, res, path, oldSelectedElement, oldExpandedElements, newExpandedPaths);
+                TreePath potentialSelection = addSubResults(currNode, sampler, path, oldSelectedElement, oldExpandedElements, newExpandedPaths);
                 if (potentialSelection != null) {
                     selectedPath = potentialSelection;
                 }
                 // Add any assertion that failed as children of the sample node
-                AssertionResult[] assertionResults = res.getAssertionResults();
+                AssertionResult[] assertionResults = sampler.getAssertionResults();
                 int assertionIndex = currNode.getChildCount();
                 for (AssertionResult assertionResult : assertionResults) {
                     if (assertionResult.isFailure() || assertionResult.isError()) {
@@ -209,6 +225,9 @@ private void updateGui() {
                                 assertionNode);
                     }
                 }
+
+                if (sampler == failedSampler)
+                    failedSamplerPosition = root.getChildCount() - 1;
             }
             treeModel.nodeStructureChanged(root);
             dataChanged = false;
@@ -221,10 +240,14 @@ private void updateGui() {
         if (selectedPath != null) {
             jTree.setSelectionPath(selectedPath);
         }
+
         if (autoScrollCB.isSelected() && root.getChildCount() > 1) {
-            jTree.scrollPathToVisible(new TreePath(new Object[] { root,
-                    treeModel.getChild(root, root.getChildCount() - 1) }));
+            int pos = (scrollStopCB.isSelected() && failedSampler != null) ? failedSamplerPosition : root.getChildCount() - 1;
+            jTree.scrollPathToVisible(new TreePath(new Object[] { root, treeModel.getChild(root, pos) }));
         }
+        //if session not running, reset the error reference
+        if (!JMeterUtils.isTestRunning())
+            failedSampler = null;
     }
 
     private Object getSelectedObject() {
@@ -330,6 +353,7 @@ public void clearData() {
         }
         resultsRender.clearData();
         resultsObject = null;
+        failedSampler = null;
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
@@ -359,7 +383,7 @@ private void init() {  // WARNING: called from ctor so must not be overridden (i
         searchAndMainSP.setOneTouchExpandable(true);
         JSplitPane splitPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT, makeTitlePanel(), searchAndMainSP);
         splitPane.setOneTouchExpandable(true);
-        splitPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
+        splitPane.setBorder(null);
         add(splitPane);
 
         // init right side with first render
@@ -392,6 +416,44 @@ private void valueChanged(TreeSelectionEvent e, boolean forceRendering) {
             }
             Object userObject = node.getUserObject();
             resultsRender.setSamplerResult(userObject);
+
+            // Add Show Current Node button to the tab pane
+            if (rightSide.getTabCount() > 0) {
+                Component firstTab = rightSide.getComponentAt(0);
+                if (firstTab instanceof JPanel) {
+                    JPanel samplerResultTab = (JPanel) firstTab;
+                    // Add button at the top of the sampler result panel
+                    JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
+                    JButton nodeInfoButton = new JButton(JMeterUtils.getResString("show_current_node")); // $NON-NLS-1$
+                    nodeInfoButton.addActionListener(e2 -> {
+                        // Get the currently selected node when button is clicked
+                        DefaultMutableTreeNode currentNode = (DefaultMutableTreeNode) jTree.getLastSelectedPathComponent();
+                        if (currentNode != null) {
+                            TreePath path = new TreePath(currentNode.getPath());
+                            // First expand the path to make sure all parent nodes are visible
+                            jTree.expandPath(path);
+                            // Get the bounds before scrolling
+                            Rectangle bounds = jTree.getPathBounds(path);
+                            if (bounds != null) {
+                                // Get the visible rectangle
+                                Rectangle visible = jTree.getVisibleRect();
+                                // Calculate the new viewport position to center the node
+                                int centerY = Math.max(0, bounds.y - (visible.height - bounds.height) / 2);
+                                // Create rectangle that will center the node
+                                Rectangle scrollTo = new Rectangle(0, centerY, 1, visible.height);
+                                jTree.scrollRectToVisible(scrollTo);
+                                // Ensure the node is selected and visible
+                                jTree.setSelectionPath(path);
+                                jTree.repaint();
+                            }
+                        }
+                    });
+                    buttonPanel.add(nodeInfoButton);
+                    samplerResultTab.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
+                    samplerResultTab.revalidate();
+                }
+            }
+
             resultsRender.setupTabPane(); // Processes Assertions
             // display a SampleResult
             if (userObject instanceof SampleResult) {
@@ -431,15 +493,42 @@ private synchronized Component createLeftPanel() {
         jTree.setRootVisible(false);
         jTree.setShowsRootHandles(true);
         JScrollPane treePane = new JScrollPane(jTree);
-        treePane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 300));
+        treePane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(SCROLL_WIDTH, 300));
 
         VerticalPanel leftPane = new VerticalPanel();
-        leftPane.add(treePane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
-        leftPane.add(createComboRender(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
+
+        // Add controls panel at the top
+        JPanel controlsPane = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT));
+        controlsPane.add(createComboRender());
+        leftPane.add(controlsPane, BorderLayout.NORTH);
+
+        // Add tree panel in the center with proper sizing
+        JPanel treePanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
+        treePanel.add(treePane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
+        leftPane.add(treePanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
+
+        // Create bottom panel with checkbox
+        JPanel bottomPanel = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT, 5, 0));
+
+        // Add autoscroll checkbox
         autoScrollCB = new JCheckBox(JMeterUtils.getResString("view_results_autoscroll")); // $NON-NLS-1$
-        autoScrollCB.setSelected(false);
+        autoScrollCB.setSelected(SCROLL_CHECKBOX);
         autoScrollCB.addItemListener(this);
-        leftPane.add(autoScrollCB, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
+        bottomPanel.add(autoScrollCB);
+
+        // Add autoscroll checkbox
+        scrollStopCB = new JCheckBox(JMeterUtils.getResString("view_results_autostop")); // $NON-NLS-1$
+        scrollStopCB.setSelected(SCROLL_STOP_CHECKBOX);
+        scrollStopCB.addItemListener(this);
+        bottomPanel.add(scrollStopCB);
+        autoScrollCB.doClick(); // to set the initial state of scrollStopCB
+
+        leftPane.add(bottomPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
+
+        // Ensure the left pane maintains its size during window resizing
+        leftPane.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(SCROLL_WIDTH, 0));
+        leftPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(SCROLL_WIDTH, 0));
+
         return leftPane;
     }
 
@@ -616,6 +705,14 @@ public Component getTreeCellRendererComponent(JTree tree, Object value,
      */
     @Override
     public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
-        // NOOP state is held by component
+        Object source = e.getItemSelectable();
+        if (source == autoScrollCB) {
+            scrollStopCB.setEnabled(autoScrollCB.isSelected());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String[] getFileExts() {
+        return new String[] { ".jtl" };
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/gui/AbstractVisualizer.java b/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/gui/AbstractVisualizer.java
index 68802c6723d..0b463cd48e0 100644
--- a/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/gui/AbstractVisualizer.java
+++ b/src/core/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/visualizers/gui/AbstractVisualizer.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractVisualizer
     /** Logging. */
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractVisualizer.class);
 
-    /** File Extensions */
+    /** Default File Extensions */
     private static final String[] EXTS = { ".xml", ".jtl", ".csv" }; // $NON-NLS-1$ $NON-NLS-2$ $NON-NLS-3$
 
     /** A panel allowing results to be saved. */
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
             d.setVisible(true);
         });
 
-        filePanel = new FilePanel(JMeterUtils.getResString("file_visualizer_output_file"), EXTS); // $NON-NLS-1$
+        filePanel = new FilePanel(JMeterUtils.getResString("file_visualizer_output_file"), getFileExts()); // $NON-NLS-1$
         filePanel.addChangeListener(this);
         filePanel.add(new JLabel(JMeterUtils.getResString("log_only"))); // $NON-NLS-1$
         filePanel.add(errorLogging);
@@ -346,4 +346,8 @@ public void clearGui(){
         super.clearGui();
         filePanel.clearGui();
     }
+
+    public String[] getFileExts() {
+            return EXTS;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/jmeter/resources/messages.properties b/src/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/jmeter/resources/messages.properties
index 23721c4b4c9..8d146e06914 100644
--- a/src/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/jmeter/resources/messages.properties
+++ b/src/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/jmeter/resources/messages.properties
@@ -1401,7 +1401,8 @@ view_graph_tree_title=View Graph Tree
 view_results_assertion_error=Assertion error:
 view_results_assertion_failure=Assertion failure:
 view_results_assertion_failure_message=Assertion failure message:
-view_results_autoscroll=Scroll automatically?
+view_results_autoscroll=Auto scroll
+view_results_autostop=Stop scroll on error
 view_results_childsamples=Child samples?
 view_results_datatype=Data type ("text"|"bin"|""):
 view_results_desc=Shows the text results of sampling in tree form
@@ -1461,6 +1462,7 @@ view_results_table_request_tab_raw=Raw
 view_results_table_result_tab_parsed=Parsed
 view_results_table_result_tab_raw=Raw
 view_results_thread_name=Thread Name:
+view_results_sample_name=Sample label:
 view_results_title=View Results
 view_results_tree_title=View Results Tree
 warning=Warning!
@@ -1545,3 +1547,4 @@ xpath2_extractor_match_number_failure=MatchNumber out of bonds \:
 you_must_enter_a_valid_number=You must enter a valid number
 zh_cn=Chinese (Simplified)
 zh_tw=Chinese (Traditional)
+show_current_node=Focus on selected node
diff --git a/xdocs/usermanual/properties_reference.xml b/xdocs/usermanual/properties_reference.xml
index d74ece0613d..9a7e7e14133 100644
--- a/xdocs/usermanual/properties_reference.xml
+++ b/xdocs/usermanual/properties_reference.xml
@@ -1556,6 +1556,18 @@ JMETER-SERVER</source>
     Can be switched off by setting the value to <code>-1</code>.<br/>
     Defaults to: <code>10000</code>
 </property>
+  <property name="view.results.tree.autoscroll">
+    Set to <code>true</code> to enable by default the checkbox for auto scrolling.<br/>
+    Defaults to: <code>false</code>
+  </property>
+  <property name="view.results.tree.autostop">
+    Set to <code>true</code> to enable by default the checkbox for stop auto scrolling on 1st error.<br/>
+    Defaults to: <code>true</code>
+  </property>
+  <property name="view.results.tree.width">
+    Default width of the scroll view.<br/>
+    Defaults to: <code>250</code>
+  </property>
 <property name="document.max_size">
     Maximum size (in bytes) of Document that can be parsed by Tika engine<br/>
     Set to zero to disable the size check.<br/>