diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/ClientTypes.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/ClientTypes.tsx
index 8883d176d..05b6dcd8c 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/ClientTypes.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/ClientTypes.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  * @format
  */
 
+import {TraversalMode} from './DesktopTypes';
+
 export type Events = {
   init: InitEvent;
   subtreeUpdate: SubtreeUpdateEvent;
@@ -14,6 +16,11 @@ export type Events = {
   perfStats: PerfStatsEvent;
   performanceStats: PerformanceStatsEvent;
   metadataUpdate: UpdateMetadataEvent;
+  setTraversalMode: SetTraversalModeEvent;
+};
+
+export type SetTraversalModeEvent = {
+  mode: TraversalMode;
 };
 
 export type FrameScanEvent = {
@@ -69,6 +76,8 @@ export type FrameworkEvent = {
 export type InitEvent = {
   rootId: Id;
   frameworkEventMetadata?: FrameworkEventMetadata[];
+  supportedTraversalModes?: TraversalMode[];
+  currentTraversalMode?: TraversalMode;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -110,6 +119,10 @@ export type UpdateMetadataEvent = {
   attributeMetadata: Record<MetadataId, Metadata>;
 };
 
+export type UpdateAvailableTraversalModeEvent = {
+  modes: TraversalMode[];
+};
+
 export type ClientNode = {
   id: Id;
   parent?: Id;
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/DesktopTypes.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/DesktopTypes.tsx
index 7b51cfe48..7bd2d3022 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/DesktopTypes.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/DesktopTypes.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ export type UIState = {
   visualiserWidth: Atom<number>;
   frameworkEventMonitoring: Atom<Map<FrameworkEventType, boolean>>;
   filterMainThreadMonitoring: Atom<boolean>;
+
+  supportedTraversalModes: Atom<TraversalMode[]>;
+  currentTraversalMode: Atom<TraversalMode>;
 };
 
 //enumerates the keys of input type and casts each to ReadOnlyAtom, this is so we only expose read only atoms to the UI
@@ -66,6 +69,8 @@ export type NestedNode = {
   activeChildIdx?: number;
 };
 
+export type TraversalMode = 'view-hierarchy' | 'accessibility-hierarchy';
+
 export type ViewMode =
   | {mode: 'default'}
   | {mode: 'frameworkEventsTable'; nodeId: Id; isTree: boolean};
@@ -106,6 +111,7 @@ export type UIActions = {
   onCollapseAllNonAncestors: (nodeId: Id) => void;
   onCollapseAllRecursively: (nodeId: Id) => void;
   ensureAncestorsExpanded: (nodeId: Id) => void;
+  setCurrentTraversalMode: (mode: TraversalMode) => void;
 };
 
 export type SelectionSource =
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/tree/TreeControls.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/tree/TreeControls.tsx
index cd7d65b1b..1cbcebb8a 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/tree/TreeControls.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/tree/TreeControls.tsx
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ import {
   Space,
   Switch,
   Badge,
+  Dropdown,
 } from 'antd';
 import {
   EyeOutlined,
   PauseCircleOutlined,
+  AppstoreOutlined,
   PlayCircleOutlined,
   SearchOutlined,
 } from '@ant-design/icons';
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   buildTreeSelectData,
   FrameworkEventsTreeSelect,
 } from '../shared/FrameworkEventsTreeSelect';
+import {TraversalMode} from '../../DesktopTypes';
 
 export const TreeControls: React.FC = () => {
   const instance = usePlugin(plugin);
@@ -44,13 +47,50 @@ export const TreeControls: React.FC = () => {
     instance.uiState.frameworkEventMonitoring,
   );
 
-  const frameworkEventMetadata = useValue(instance.frameworkEventMetadata);
-
   const [showFrameworkEventsModal, setShowFrameworkEventsModal] =
     useState(false);
 
+  const frameworkEventMetadata = useValue(instance.frameworkEventMetadata);
+
+  const currentTraversalMode = useValue(instance.uiState.currentTraversalMode);
+  const supportedTraversalModes = useValue(
+    instance.uiState.supportedTraversalModes,
+  );
+  const labelForMode = (mode: TraversalMode) => {
+    switch (mode) {
+      case 'view-hierarchy':
+        return 'UI Hierarchy';
+      case 'accessibility-hierarchy':
+        return 'Accessibility Hierarchy';
+    }
+  };
+
+  const menus = supportedTraversalModes.map((mode) => ({
+    key: mode,
+    label: labelForMode(mode),
+  }));
+
   return (
     <Layout.Horizontal gap="medium" pad="medium">
+      {supportedTraversalModes.length > 1 ? (
+        <Dropdown
+          menu={{
+            selectable: true,
+            selectedKeys: [currentTraversalMode],
+            items: menus,
+            onSelect: async (event) => {
+              const mode = event.selectedKeys[0] as TraversalMode;
+              instance.uiActions.setCurrentTraversalMode(mode); // update UI
+              await instance.onTraversalModeChange(mode); // update mobile client
+            },
+          }}>
+          <Tooltip title="Debugger Mode">
+            <Button shape="circle">
+              <AppstoreOutlined />
+            </Button>
+          </Tooltip>
+        </Dropdown>
+      ) : null}
       <Input
         value={searchTerm}
         onChange={(e) => {
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/index.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/index.tsx
index c294c208c..1bdbaecd2 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/index.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/index.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 import {
   UIState,
   NodeSelection,
+  TraversalMode,
   StreamState,
   ReadOnlyUIState,
   LiveClientState,
@@ -38,7 +39,15 @@ import {uiActions} from './plugin/uiActions';
 import {first} from 'lodash';
 import {getNode} from './utils/map';
 
-export function plugin(client: PluginClient<Events>) {
+type TraversalModeChangeEvent = {
+  mode: TraversalMode;
+};
+
+export type Methods = {
+  onTraversalModeChange(params: TraversalModeChangeEvent): Promise<void>;
+};
+
+export function plugin(client: PluginClient<Events, Methods>) {
   const rootId = createState<Id | undefined>(undefined);
   const metadata = createState<Map<MetadataId, Metadata>>(new Map());
 
@@ -87,6 +96,22 @@ export function plugin(client: PluginClient<Events>) {
         draft.set(frameworkEventMeta.type, false);
       });
     });
+    if (
+      event.supportedTraversalModes &&
+      event.supportedTraversalModes.length > 1
+    ) {
+      uiState.supportedTraversalModes.set(event.supportedTraversalModes);
+    }
+    if (
+      event.currentTraversalMode &&
+      uiState.supportedTraversalModes.get().includes(event.currentTraversalMode)
+    ) {
+      uiState.currentTraversalMode.set(event.currentTraversalMode);
+      console.log(
+        `[ui-debugger] Unsupported debugger mode ${event.currentTraversalMode}.`,
+      );
+    }
+
     frameworkEventMetadata.update((draft) => {
       event.frameworkEventMetadata?.forEach((frameworkEventMeta) => {
         draft.set(frameworkEventMeta.type, frameworkEventMeta);
@@ -256,6 +281,9 @@ export function plugin(client: PluginClient<Events>) {
   });
   client.onMessage('frameScan', processFrame);
 
+  const onTraversalModeChange = async (mode: TraversalMode) =>
+    client.send('onTraversalModeChange', {mode});
+
   return {
     rootId,
     uiState: uiState as ReadOnlyUIState,
@@ -268,6 +296,7 @@ export function plugin(client: PluginClient<Events>) {
     metadata,
     perfEvents,
     os: client.device.os,
+    onTraversalModeChange,
   };
 }
 
@@ -308,5 +337,9 @@ function createUIState(): UIState {
     focusedNode: createState<Id | undefined>(undefined),
     expandedNodes: createState<Set<Id>>(new Set()),
     wireFrameMode: createState<WireFrameMode>('All'),
+
+    // view-hierarchy is the default state so we start with it until we fetch supported modes from the client
+    supportedTraversalModes: createState<TraversalMode[]>(['view-hierarchy']),
+    currentTraversalMode: createState<TraversalMode>('view-hierarchy'),
   };
 }
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/plugin/uiActions.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/plugin/uiActions.tsx
index 42ed7910a..2307053f5 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/plugin/uiActions.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/plugin/uiActions.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {Atom} from 'flipper-plugin';
 import {debounce} from 'lodash';
 import {ClientNode, FrameworkEventType, Id, SnapshotInfo} from '../ClientTypes';
 import {
+  TraversalMode,
   LiveClientState,
   SelectionSource,
   UIActions,
@@ -189,6 +190,11 @@ export function uiActions(
     searchTermUpdatedDebounced(searchTerm);
   };
 
+  const setCurrentTraversalMode = (mode: TraversalMode) => {
+    tracker.track('traversal-mode-updated', {mode});
+    uiState.currentTraversalMode.set(mode);
+  };
+
   return {
     onExpandNode,
     onCollapseNode,
@@ -207,5 +213,6 @@ export function uiActions(
     onExpandAllRecursively,
     onCollapseAllRecursively,
     ensureAncestorsExpanded,
+    setCurrentTraversalMode,
   };
 }
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/utils/tracker.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/utils/tracker.tsx
index b0aa1850a..bb1a68d40 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/utils/tracker.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/utils/tracker.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import {getFlipperLib} from 'flipper-plugin';
 
 import {FrameworkEventType, Tag} from '../ClientTypes';
-import {SelectionSource} from '../DesktopTypes';
+import {TraversalMode, SelectionSource} from '../DesktopTypes';
 
 const UI_DEBUGGER_IDENTIFIER = 'ui-debugger';
 
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ type TrackerEvents = {
   'context-menu-expand-recursive': {};
   'context-menu-collapse-recursive': {};
   'context-menu-collapse-non-ancestors': {};
+  'traversal-mode-updated': {mode: TraversalMode};
 };
 
 export interface Tracker {