diff --git a/editor/editor_node.cpp b/editor/editor_node.cpp
index ced63815b958..485b9ad20335 100644
--- a/editor/editor_node.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_node.cpp
@@ -2176,6 +2176,7 @@ void EditorNode::_edit_current(bool p_skip_foreign) {
 	Object *prev_inspected_object = InspectorDock::get_inspector_singleton()->get_edited_object();
 
 	bool disable_folding = bool(EDITOR_GET("interface/inspector/disable_folding"));
+	bool stay_in_script_editor_on_node_selected = bool(EDITOR_GET("text_editor/behavior/navigation/stay_in_script_editor_on_node_selected"));
 	bool is_resource = current_obj->is_class("Resource");
 	bool is_node = current_obj->is_class("Node");
 
@@ -2214,6 +2215,9 @@ void EditorNode::_edit_current(bool p_skip_foreign) {
 			NodeDock::get_singleton()->set_node(current_node);
 			SceneTreeDock::get_singleton()->set_selected(current_node);
 			InspectorDock::get_singleton()->update(current_node);
+			if (!inspector_only) {
+				inspector_only = stay_in_script_editor_on_node_selected && ScriptEditor::get_singleton()->is_visible_in_tree();
+			}
 		} else {
 			NodeDock::get_singleton()->set_node(nullptr);
 			SceneTreeDock::get_singleton()->set_selected(nullptr);
diff --git a/editor/editor_settings.cpp b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
index 40ca058406c7..c73caa78f38d 100644
--- a/editor/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_defaults(Ref<ConfigFile> p_extra_config) {
 	_initial_set("text_editor/behavior/navigation/smooth_scrolling", true);
 	EDITOR_SETTING(Variant::INT, PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "text_editor/behavior/navigation/v_scroll_speed", 80, "1,10000,1")
 	_initial_set("text_editor/behavior/navigation/drag_and_drop_selection", true);
+	_initial_set("text_editor/behavior/navigation/stay_in_script_editor_on_node_selected", true);
 
 	// Behavior: Indent
 	EDITOR_SETTING(Variant::INT, PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "text_editor/behavior/indent/type", 0, "Tabs,Spaces")