diff --git a/app/gui2/e2e/componentBrowser.spec.ts b/app/gui2/e2e/componentBrowser.spec.ts
index 4cb923e20186..ed98de9040eb 100644
--- a/app/gui2/e2e/componentBrowser.spec.ts
+++ b/app/gui2/e2e/componentBrowser.spec.ts
@@ -13,38 +13,39 @@ async function deselectAllNodes(page: Page) {
   await expect(page.locator('.GraphNode.selected')).toHaveCount(0)
 }
 
-test('Different ways of opening Component Browser', async ({ page }) => {
-  await actions.goToGraph(page)
+async function expectAndCancelBrowser(page: Page, expectedInput: string) {
   const nodeCount = await locate.graphNode(page).count()
+  await expect(locate.componentBrowser(page)).toExist()
+  await expect(locate.componentBrowserEntry(page)).toExist()
+  await expect(locate.componentBrowserInput(page).locator('input')).toHaveValue(expectedInput)
+  await expect(locate.componentBrowserInput(page).locator('input')).toBeInViewport()
+  await page.keyboard.press('Escape')
+  await expect(locate.componentBrowser(page)).not.toBeVisible()
+  await expect(locate.graphNode(page)).toHaveCount(nodeCount)
+}
 
-  async function expectAndCancelBrowser(expectedInput: string) {
-    await expect(locate.componentBrowser(page)).toExist()
-    await expect(locate.componentBrowserEntry(page)).toExist()
-    await expect(locate.componentBrowserInput(page).locator('input')).toHaveValue(expectedInput)
-    await page.keyboard.press('Escape')
-    await expect(locate.componentBrowser(page)).not.toBeVisible()
-    await expect(locate.graphNode(page)).toHaveCount(nodeCount)
-  }
+test('Different ways of opening Component Browser', async ({ page }) => {
+  await actions.goToGraph(page)
 
   // Without source node
 
   // (+) button
   await locate.addNewNodeButton(page).click()
-  await expectAndCancelBrowser('')
+  await expectAndCancelBrowser(page, '')
   // Enter key
   await locate.graphEditor(page).press('Enter')
-  await expectAndCancelBrowser('')
+  await expectAndCancelBrowser(page, '')
 
   // With source node
 
   // (+) button
   await locate.graphNodeByBinding(page, 'final').click()
   await locate.addNewNodeButton(page).click()
-  await expectAndCancelBrowser('final.')
+  await expectAndCancelBrowser(page, 'final.')
   // Enter key
   await locate.graphNodeByBinding(page, 'final').click()
   await locate.graphEditor(page).press('Enter')
-  await expectAndCancelBrowser('final.')
+  await expectAndCancelBrowser(page, 'final.')
   // Dragging out an edge
   // `click` method of locator could be simpler, but `position` option doesn't work.
   const outputPortArea = await locate
@@ -55,15 +56,48 @@ test('Different ways of opening Component Browser', async ({ page }) => {
   const outputPortX = outputPortArea.x + outputPortArea.width / 2.0
   const outputPortY = outputPortArea.y + outputPortArea.height - 2.0
   await page.mouse.click(outputPortX, outputPortY)
-  await page.mouse.click(40, 300)
-  await expectAndCancelBrowser('final.')
+  await page.mouse.click(100, 500)
+  await expectAndCancelBrowser(page, 'final.')
   // Double-clicking port
   // TODO[ao] Without timeout, even the first click would be treated as double due to previous
   // event. Probably we need a better way to simulate double clicks.
   await page.waitForTimeout(600)
   await page.mouse.click(outputPortX, outputPortY)
   await page.mouse.click(outputPortX, outputPortY)
-  await expectAndCancelBrowser('final.')
+  await expectAndCancelBrowser(page, 'final.')
+})
+
+test('Graph Editor pans to Component Browser', async ({ page }) => {
+  await actions.goToGraph(page)
+
+  // Select node, pan out of view of it, press Enter; should pan to show node and CB
+  await locate.graphNodeByBinding(page, 'final').click()
+  await page.mouse.move(100, 80)
+  await page.mouse.down({ button: 'middle' })
+  await page.mouse.move(100, 700)
+  await page.mouse.up({ button: 'middle' })
+  await expect(locate.graphNodeByBinding(page, 'final')).not.toBeInViewport()
+  await locate.graphEditor(page).press('Enter')
+  await expect(locate.graphNodeByBinding(page, 'final')).toBeInViewport()
+  await expectAndCancelBrowser(page, 'final.')
+
+  // Dragging out an edge to the bottom of the viewport; when the CB pans into view, some nodes are out of view.
+  await page.mouse.move(100, 1100)
+  await page.mouse.down({ button: 'middle' })
+  await page.mouse.move(100, 80)
+  await page.mouse.up({ button: 'middle' })
+  await expect(locate.graphNodeByBinding(page, 'five')).toBeInViewport()
+  const outputPortArea = await locate
+    .graphNodeByBinding(page, 'final')
+    .locator('.outputPortHoverArea')
+    .boundingBox()
+  assert(outputPortArea)
+  const outputPortX = outputPortArea.x + outputPortArea.width / 2.0
+  const outputPortY = outputPortArea.y + outputPortArea.height - 2.0
+  await page.mouse.click(outputPortX, outputPortY)
+  await page.mouse.click(100, 1550)
+  await expect(locate.graphNodeByBinding(page, 'five')).not.toBeInViewport()
+  await expectAndCancelBrowser(page, 'final.')
 })
 
 test('Accepting suggestion', async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/app/gui2/mock/providers.ts b/app/gui2/mock/providers.ts
index 9845731a5550..2a41f60057bb 100644
--- a/app/gui2/mock/providers.ts
+++ b/app/gui2/mock/providers.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ export const graphNavigator: GraphNavigator = {
   clientToScenePos: () => Vec2.Zero,
   clientToSceneRect: () => Rect.Zero,
   panAndZoomTo: () => {},
+  panTo: () => {},
   transform: '',
   prescaledTransform: '',
   translate: Vec2.Zero,
+  targetScale: 1,
   scale: 1,
   sceneMousePos: Vec2.Zero,
   viewBox: '',
diff --git a/app/gui2/src/components/ComponentBrowser.vue b/app/gui2/src/components/ComponentBrowser.vue
index 09b19452c5eb..5045b3db7fac 100644
--- a/app/gui2/src/components/ComponentBrowser.vue
+++ b/app/gui2/src/components/ComponentBrowser.vue
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { targetIsOutside } from '@/util/autoBlur'
 import { tryGetIndex } from '@/util/data/array'
 import type { Opt } from '@/util/data/opt'
 import { allRanges } from '@/util/data/range'
+import { Rect } from '@/util/data/rect'
 import { Vec2 } from '@/util/data/vec2'
 import { debouncedGetter } from '@/util/reactivity'
 import type { SuggestionId } from 'shared/languageServerTypes/suggestions'
@@ -33,6 +34,17 @@ const TOP_BAR_HEIGHT = 32
 // Difference in position between the component browser and a node for the input of the component browser to
 // be placed at the same position as the node.
 const COMPONENT_BROWSER_TO_NODE_OFFSET = new Vec2(-4, -4)
+const WIDTH = 600
+const INPUT_AREA_HEIGHT = 40
+const PANELS_HEIGHT = 384
+// Height of the visualization area, starting from the bottom of the input area.
+const VISUALIZATION_HEIGHT = 190
+const PAN_MARGINS = {
+  top: 48,
+  bottom: 40,
+  left: 80,
+  right: 40,
+}
 
 const projectStore = useProjectStore()
 const suggestionDbStore = useSuggestionDbStore()
@@ -66,6 +78,39 @@ const cbOpen: Interaction = {
   },
 }
 
+function scaleValues<T extends Record<any, number>>(
+  values: T,
+  scale: number,
+): { [Key in keyof T]: number } {
+  return Object.fromEntries(
+    Object.entries(values).map(([key, value]) => [key, value * scale]),
+  ) as any
+}
+
+function panIntoView() {
+  // Factor that converts client-coordinate dimensions to scene-coordinate dimensions.
+  const scale = 1 / props.navigator.targetScale
+  const origin = props.nodePosition.add(COMPONENT_BROWSER_TO_NODE_OFFSET.scale(scale))
+  const inputArea = new Rect(origin, new Vec2(WIDTH, INPUT_AREA_HEIGHT).scale(scale))
+  const panelsAreaDimensions = new Vec2(WIDTH, PANELS_HEIGHT).scale(scale)
+  const panelsArea = new Rect(origin.sub(new Vec2(0, panelsAreaDimensions.y)), panelsAreaDimensions)
+  const vizHeight = VISUALIZATION_HEIGHT * scale
+  const margins = scaleValues(PAN_MARGINS, scale)
+  props.navigator.panTo([
+    // Always include the bottom-left of the input area.
+    { x: inputArea.left, y: inputArea.bottom },
+    // Try to reach the top-right corner of the panels.
+    { x: inputArea.right, y: panelsArea.top },
+    // Extend down to include the visualization.
+    { y: inputArea.bottom + vizHeight },
+    // Top (and left) margins are more important than bottom (and right) margins because the screen has controls across
+    // the top and on the left.
+    { x: inputArea.left - margins.left, y: panelsArea.top - margins.top },
+    // If the screen is very spacious, even the bottom right gets some breathing room.
+    { x: inputArea.right + margins.right, y: inputArea.bottom + vizHeight + margins.bottom },
+  ])
+}
+
 onMounted(() => {
   interaction.setCurrent(cbOpen)
   input.reset(props.usage)
@@ -76,6 +121,7 @@ onMounted(() => {
       'Component Browser input element was not mounted. This is not expected and may break the Component Browser',
     )
   }
+  panIntoView()
 })
 
 // === Position ===
diff --git a/app/gui2/src/composables/navigator.ts b/app/gui2/src/composables/navigator.ts
index 17e14793264e..c070567d9ad0 100644
--- a/app/gui2/src/composables/navigator.ts
+++ b/app/gui2/src/composables/navigator.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,21 @@ export function useNavigator(viewportNode: Ref<Element | undefined>) {
     targetCenter.value = new Vec2(centerX, centerY)
   }
 
+  /** Pan to include the given prioritized list of coordinates.
+   *
+   *  The view will be offset to include each coordinate, unless the coordinate cannot be fit in the viewport without
+   *  losing a previous (higher-priority) coordinate; in that case, shift the viewport as close as possible to the
+   *  coordinate while still satisfying the more important constraints.
+   *
+   *  If all provided constraints can be met, the viewport will be moved the shortest distance that fits all the
+   *  coordinates in view.
+   */
+  function panTo(points: Partial<Vec2>[]) {
+    let target = viewport.value
+    for (const point of points.reverse()) target = target.offsetToInclude(point) ?? target
+    targetCenter.value = target.center()
+  }
+
   let zoomPivot = Vec2.Zero
   const zoomPointer = usePointer((pos, _event, ty) => {
     if (ty === 'start') {
@@ -225,6 +240,7 @@ export function useNavigator(viewportNode: Ref<Element | undefined>) {
       },
     },
     translate,
+    targetScale,
     scale,
     viewBox,
     transform,
@@ -234,6 +250,7 @@ export function useNavigator(viewportNode: Ref<Element | undefined>) {
     clientToScenePos,
     clientToSceneRect,
     panAndZoomTo,
+    panTo,
     viewport,
   })
 }
diff --git a/app/gui2/src/util/data/__tests__/rect.test.ts b/app/gui2/src/util/data/__tests__/rect.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e5baf46d6473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/gui2/src/util/data/__tests__/rect.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { Rect } from '@/util/data/rect'
+import { Vec2 } from '@/util/data/vec2'
+import { fc, test } from '@fast-check/vitest'
+import { expect } from 'vitest'
+
+test.prop({
+  rectX: fc.nat(),
+  rectY: fc.nat(),
+  width: fc.nat(),
+  height: fc.nat(),
+  x: fc.nat(),
+  y: fc.nat(),
+})('offsetToInclude', ({ rectX, rectY, width, height, x, y }) => {
+  const rect = new Rect(new Vec2(rectX, rectY), new Vec2(width, height))
+  const point = new Vec2(x, y)
+  const offsetRect = rect.offsetToInclude(point)
+  expect(
+    offsetRect === undefined,
+    '`offsetToInclude` returns `undefined` iffi the original `Rect` contains the point.',
+  ).toBe(rect.contains(point))
+  if (offsetRect === undefined) return
+  expect(
+    offsetRect.size === rect.size,
+    'The result of `offsetToInclude` is the same size as the input `Rect`.',
+  )
+  expect(offsetRect.contains(point), 'The result of `offsetToInclude` contains the point.')
+  const dx = Math.max(0, rect.left - point.x, point.x - rect.right)
+  const dy = Math.max(0, rect.top - point.y, point.y - rect.bottom)
+  expect(
+    Math.abs(offsetRect.left - rect.left),
+    '`offsetToInclude` has shifted the `Rect` by the minimum distance that reaches the point on the x-axis.',
+  ).toBe(dx)
+  expect(
+    Math.abs(offsetRect.top - rect.top),
+    '`offsetToInclude` has shifted the `Rect` by the minimum distance that reaches the point on the y-axis.',
+  ).toBe(dy)
+})
diff --git a/app/gui2/src/util/data/rect.ts b/app/gui2/src/util/data/rect.ts
index fdc5e38ad3f0..66e79b1fb8d5 100644
--- a/app/gui2/src/util/data/rect.ts
+++ b/app/gui2/src/util/data/rect.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ export class Rect {
     )
   }
 
+  contains(coord: Partial<Vec2>): boolean {
+    return (
+      (coord.x == null || (this.left <= coord.x && this.right >= coord.x)) &&
+      (coord.y == null || (this.top <= coord.y && this.bottom >= coord.y))
+    )
+  }
+
   center(): Vec2 {
     return this.pos.addScaled(this.size, 0.5)
   }
@@ -87,6 +94,25 @@ export class Rect {
   intersects(other: Rect): boolean {
     return this.intersectsX(other) && this.intersectsY(other)
   }
+
+  /** If this `Rect` already includes `coord`, return `undefined`; otherwise, return a new `Rect` that has been shifted
+   *  by the minimum distance that causes it to include the coordinate. The coordinate may be a point or may specify
+   *  only an `x` or `y` bound to leave the other dimension unchanged.
+   */
+  offsetToInclude(coord: Partial<Vec2>): Rect | undefined {
+    const newX =
+      coord.x == null ? undefined
+      : coord.x < this.left ? coord.x
+      : coord.x > this.right ? coord.x - this.width
+      : undefined
+    const newY =
+      coord.y == null ? undefined
+      : coord.y < this.top ? coord.y
+      : coord.y > this.bottom ? coord.y - this.height
+      : undefined
+    if (newX == null && newY == null) return
+    return new Rect(new Vec2(newX ?? this.pos.x, newY ?? this.pos.y), this.size)
+  }
 }
 
 Rect.Zero = new Rect(Vec2.Zero, Vec2.Zero)