diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/history_panel_select_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/history_panel_select_tests.rs
index 92c458e37f..14bfb344ca 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/history_panel_select_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/history_panel_select_tests.rs
@@ -58,3 +58,170 @@ fn clicking_a_state_jumps_there_with_one_command() {
     h.run_steps(2);
     assert_eq!(state(&h), (4, 0, rev + 2));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn new_history_steps_scroll_the_current_state_into_view() {
+    let mut app = PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), Default::default());
+    app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 64, "height": 48})).unwrap();
+    for n in 0..18 {
+        app.run("layer.new.layer", json!({"name": format!("Layer {n}")})).unwrap();
+    }
+    let mut ready = false;
+    let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(vec2(280.0, 120.0)).build_ui_state(
+        move |ui, app: &mut PhotocraftApp| {
+            if !ready {
+                PhotocraftApp::setup_context(ui.ctx(), theme::ThemeKind::ProMedium);
+                ready = true;
+                return;
+            }
+            history(app, ui);
+        },
+        app,
+    );
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    let row = h.get_all_by_label("New Layer").last().expect("the latest New Layer state").rect();
+    let view = h.ctx.input(|i| i.viewport_rect());
+    assert!(view.contains_rect(row), "the current history row must scroll into view: row {row:?} view {view:?}",);
+}
+
+/// Open plus 18 New Layer states in a dock that shows only a few rows.
+fn long_harness() -> Harness<'static, PhotocraftApp> {
+    let mut app = PhotocraftApp::new(photocraft_engine::Session::new(), Default::default());
+    app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 64, "height": 48})).unwrap();
+    for n in 0..18 {
+        app.run("layer.new.layer", json!({"name": format!("Layer {n}")})).unwrap();
+    }
+    let mut ready = false;
+    let mut h = Harness::builder().with_size(vec2(280.0, 220.0)).build_ui_state(
+        move |ui, app: &mut PhotocraftApp| {
+            if !ready {
+                PhotocraftApp::setup_context(ui.ctx(), theme::ThemeKind::ProMedium);
+                ready = true;
+                return;
+            }
+            history(app, ui);
+        },
+        app,
+    );
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    h
+}
+
+/// Top of the `n`th New Layer row from the end (0 = the last).
+fn row_top(h: &Harness<'_, PhotocraftApp>, n: usize) -> f32 {
+    let rows: Vec<_> = h.get_all_by_label("New Layer").map(|r| r.rect()).collect();
+    rows[rows.len() - 1 - n].top()
+}
+
+/// The rows' visible band: below the window top, above the footer.
+fn shown(h: &Harness<'_, PhotocraftApp>, n: usize) -> bool {
+    let footer = h.get_by_label("Delete current state").rect().top();
+    let top = row_top(h, n);
+    top >= h.ctx.input(|i| i.viewport_rect()).top() && top + 24.0 <= footer + 0.5
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn clicking_a_visible_state_leaves_the_list_still() {
+    let mut h = long_harness();
+    assert!(shown(&h, 0) && shown(&h, 1), "the newest states are in view");
+    let before = row_top(&h, 1);
+    // A click on the state above the current one goes back one step; the row stays under the pointer.
+    let rows: Vec<_> = h.get_all_by_label("New Layer").collect();
+    rows[rows.len() - 2].click();
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.active().unwrap().history.redo_labels().count(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(row_top(&h, 1), before, "the clicked row must not move");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn undo_and_a_layer_click_keep_the_redo_state_in_view() {
+    let mut h = long_harness();
+    h.state_mut().run("edit.undo", json!({})).unwrap();
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert!(shown(&h, 0), "the greyed redo state stays in view after Undo");
+    let before = row_top(&h, 0);
+    // Selecting a layer bumps the revision but adds no state: the list stays where it is.
+    let id = h.state().session.active().unwrap().doc.layers[0].id;
+    h.state_mut().session.select_layer(id).unwrap();
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert_eq!(row_top(&h, 0), before, "a layer click must not scroll History");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn scrolling_away_survives_a_change_that_adds_no_state() {
+    let mut h = long_harness();
+    let view = h.ctx.input(|i| i.viewport_rect());
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerMoved(view.center()));
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        h.event(egui::Event::MouseWheel {
+            unit: egui::MouseWheelUnit::Line,
+            delta: vec2(0.0, 3.0),
+            phase: egui::TouchPhase::Move,
+            modifiers: Default::default(),
+        });
+        h.run_steps(1);
+    }
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    let scrolled = row_top(&h, 0);
+    assert!(!shown(&h, 0), "the wheel scrolled the current state out of view");
+    let id = h.state().session.active().unwrap().doc.layers[0].id;
+    h.state_mut().session.select_layer(id).unwrap();
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert_eq!(row_top(&h, 0), scrolled, "the user's scroll position is kept");
+    // A new state brings the current row back into view.
+    h.state_mut().run("layer.new.layer", json!({})).unwrap();
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert!(shown(&h, 0), "a new state scrolls into view");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn clicking_a_snapshot_keeps_it_in_view() {
+    let mut h = long_harness();
+    h.state_mut().run("history.newSnapshot", json!({})).unwrap();
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    // Scroll to the top, where the snapshots are.
+    let view = h.ctx.input(|i| i.viewport_rect());
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerMoved(view.center()));
+    for _ in 0..10 {
+        h.event(egui::Event::MouseWheel {
+            unit: egui::MouseWheelUnit::Line,
+            delta: vec2(0.0, 5.0),
+            phase: egui::TouchPhase::Move,
+            modifiers: Default::default(),
+        });
+        h.run_steps(1);
+    }
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    let before = h.get_all_by_label("Snapshot 1").next().expect("the snapshot row").rect().top();
+    // Selecting it adds a "Snapshot 1" state at the bottom; the selected snapshot row must not scroll away.
+    h.get_all_by_label("Snapshot 1").next().expect("the snapshot row").click();
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.active().unwrap().history.entries().last().map(String::as_str), Some("Snapshot 1"));
+    assert_eq!(h.get_all_by_label("Snapshot 1").next().expect("the snapshot row").rect().top(), before, "the clicked snapshot stays put");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_new_state_at_the_history_limit_still_scrolls_into_view() {
+    let mut h = long_harness();
+    // At the limit a new step drops the oldest: the count and the (same) name stay as they were.
+    let st = h.state_mut().session.active_mut().unwrap();
+    st.history.max_states = st.history.past_len();
+    let view = h.ctx.input(|i| i.viewport_rect());
+    h.event(egui::Event::PointerMoved(view.center()));
+    for _ in 0..3 {
+        h.event(egui::Event::MouseWheel {
+            unit: egui::MouseWheelUnit::Line,
+            delta: vec2(0.0, 3.0),
+            phase: egui::TouchPhase::Move,
+            modifiers: Default::default(),
+        });
+        h.run_steps(1);
+    }
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert!(!shown(&h, 0), "the wheel scrolled the current state out of view");
+    let past = h.state().session.active().unwrap().history.past_len();
+    h.state_mut().run("layer.new.layer", json!({})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(h.state().session.active().unwrap().history.past_len(), past, "the oldest state was dropped");
+    h.run_steps(4);
+    assert!(shown(&h, 0), "a new state at the limit scrolls into view");
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
index 1626eff450..5a430205c8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
@@ -3360,6 +3360,10 @@ fn history(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     let redo: Vec<String> = st.history.redo_labels().map(str::to_string).collect();
     let source = photocraft_engine::history_source_cmds::source(st);
     let selected_snap = selected_snapshot(ui.ctx(), st);
+    // The newest past state is a new document on every step, Undo and Redo, also at the state
+    // limit, where the counts and a repeated name stay the same.
+    let newest = st.history.past_len().checked_sub(1).and_then(|i| st.history.state(i)).map(|d| std::sync::Arc::as_ptr(&d) as usize);
+    let spot = (doc.id, history_spot(st), newest);
     let ctx = ui.ctx().clone();
     // A row dragged onto the trash (#5324); a drag that never saw its release must not outlive it.
     if !ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_down() || i.pointer.any_released()) {
@@ -3387,10 +3391,21 @@ fn history(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     // The dock gives History a fixed height: the rows scroll above the footer.
     let footer = if t.pro { widgets::footer_height(ui) + ui.spacing().item_spacing.y } else { 0.0 };
     let max_h = (ui.available_height() - footer).max(40.0);
+    // Follow the current state when the history moves (a new step, Undo, a state row) or another
+    // document comes up (`spot`), scrolling only if its row is hidden (#5909). Other changes (a
+    // layer click, a channel eye) and a selected snapshot leave the list where the user put it.
+    let follow_id = egui::Id::new("history-follow");
+    let moved = ui.ctx().data_mut(|d| {
+        let moved = d.get_temp::<(photocraft_doc::DocId, HistorySpot, Option<usize>)>(follow_id).as_ref() != Some(&spot);
+        d.insert_temp(follow_id, spot);
+        moved
+    });
+    let follow = moved && selected_snap.is_none();
     egui::ScrollArea::vertical().id_salt("history-rows").max_height(max_h).auto_shrink([false, false]).show(ui, |ui| {
         // Snapshots head the list and scroll with the states, so many of them never push the
         // footer out of a short dock.
         snap_cmd = snapshot_rows(app, ui, selected_snap);
+        let mut current_rect = None;
         for (i, (e, is_redo)) in all.enumerate() {
             // The current state shows selected unless a snapshot is (Photoshop highlights one row).
             let selected = i == current && selected_snap.is_none();
@@ -3401,6 +3416,9 @@ fn history(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
             if resp.drag_started() {
                 ui.ctx().data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(history_drag_key(), HistoryDrag::State(i)));
             }
+            if i == current {
+                current_rect = Some(rect);
+            }
             if selected {
                 ui.painter().rect_filled(rect, if t.pro { 0.0 } else { t.radius_sm }, if t.pro { t.row_selected } else { t.accent_soft });
             } else if resp.hovered() {
@@ -3435,6 +3453,10 @@ fn history(app: &mut PhotocraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                 ctx.data_mut(|d| d.remove::<SelectedSnapshot>(selected_snapshot_key(doc.id)));
             }
         }
+        if follow && let Some(rect) = current_rect {
+            // No alignment: a row already in view stays put. No animation, as the Layers panel reveal.
+            ui.scroll_to_rect_animation(rect, None, egui::style::ScrollAnimation::none());
+        }
     });
     if let Some(i) = set_source
         && let Err(e) = app.run("history.setSource", json!({"state": i}))