diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/core/LayoutTraversal.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/core/LayoutTraversal.kt
index 31de1cd28..e90f4f58a 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/core/LayoutTraversal.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/core/LayoutTraversal.kt
@@ -40,19 +40,37 @@ class LayoutTraversal(
         descriptor.getChildren(node, children)
 
         val childrenIds = mutableListOf<String>()
+
+        val activeChild = descriptor.getActiveChild(node)
         for (child in children) {
           // it might make sense one day to remove id from the descriptor since its always the
           // hash code
           val childDescriptor =
               descriptorRegister.descriptorForClassUnsafe(child::class.java).asAny()
           childrenIds.add(childDescriptor.getId(child))
-          stack.add(child)
+          // if there is an active child then dont traverse it
+          if (activeChild == null) {
+            stack.add(child)
+          }
+        }
+
+        var activeChildId: String? = null
+        if (activeChild != null) {
+          stack.add(activeChild)
+          activeChildId =
+              descriptorRegister.descriptorForClassUnsafe(activeChild.javaClass).getId(activeChild)
         }
 
         val attributes = mutableMapOf<String, InspectableObject>()
         descriptor.getData(node, attributes)
 
-        result.add(Node(descriptor.getId(node), descriptor.getName(node), attributes, childrenIds))
+        result.add(
+            Node(
+                descriptor.getId(node),
+                descriptor.getName(node),
+                attributes,
+                childrenIds,
+                activeChildId))
       } catch (exception: Exception) {
         Log.e(LogTag, "Error while processing node ${node.javaClass.name} ${node} ", exception)
       }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/core/NativeScanScheduler.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/core/NativeScanScheduler.kt
index ca64f169a..0406d2803 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/core/NativeScanScheduler.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/core/NativeScanScheduler.kt
@@ -33,13 +33,7 @@ class NativeScanScheduler(val context: Context) : Scheduler.Task<ScanResult> {
 
     Log.d(
         "LAYOUT_SCHEDULER",
-        Thread.currentThread().name +
-            Looper.myLooper() +
-            ", produced: " +
-            {
-              nodes.count()
-            } +
-            " nodes")
+        "${Thread.currentThread().name}${Looper.myLooper()} produced: ${nodes.count()} nodes")
 
     return ScanResult(txId++, start, scanEnd, nodes)
   }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/AbstractChainedDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/AbstractChainedDescriptor.kt
index 2d57d301b..51896a363 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/AbstractChainedDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/AbstractChainedDescriptor.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ abstract class AbstractChainedDescriptor<T> : Descriptor<T>(), ChainedDescriptor
 
   open fun onInit() {}
 
+  final override fun getActiveChild(node: T): Any? {
+    // ask each descriptor in the chain for an active child, if none available look up the chain
+    // until no more super descriptors
+    return onGetActiveChild(node) ?: mSuper?.getActiveChild(node)
+  }
+
   /**
    * A globally unique ID used to identify a node in a hierarchy. If your node does not have a
    * globally unique ID it is fine to rely on [System.identityHashCode].
@@ -52,6 +58,8 @@ abstract class AbstractChainedDescriptor<T> : Descriptor<T>(), ChainedDescriptor
     return onGetName(node)
   }
 
+  abstract fun onGetActiveChild(node: T): Any?
+
   abstract fun onGetName(node: T): String
 
   /** The children this node exposes in the inspector. */
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ActivityDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ActivityDescriptor.kt
index dcb8089a0..69d958979 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ActivityDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ActivityDescriptor.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.stetho.FragmentCompat
 
 class ActivityDescriptor : AbstractChainedDescriptor<Activity>() {
   override fun onInit() {}
+  override fun onGetActiveChild(node: Activity): Any? {
+    return null
+  }
 
   override fun onGetId(activity: Activity): String {
     return Integer.toString(System.identityHashCode(activity))
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ApplicationRefDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ApplicationRefDescriptor.kt
index 8fe43684f..19d6e4b68 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ApplicationRefDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ApplicationRefDescriptor.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ class ApplicationRefDescriptor : AbstractChainedDescriptor<ApplicationRef>() {
   val rootResolver = RootViewResolver()
 
   override fun onInit() {}
+  override fun onGetActiveChild(node: ApplicationRef): Any? {
+    return if (node.activitiesStack.size > 0) node.activitiesStack.last() else null
+  }
 
   override fun onGetId(applicationRef: ApplicationRef): String {
     return applicationRef.application.packageName
@@ -38,7 +41,6 @@ class ApplicationRefDescriptor : AbstractChainedDescriptor<ApplicationRef>() {
           if (activity.window.decorView == root.view) {
             children.add(activity)
             added = true
-
             break
           }
         }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ButtonDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ButtonDescriptor.kt
index e7c3af119..740e4a548 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ButtonDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ButtonDescriptor.kt
@@ -26,4 +26,7 @@ class ButtonDescriptor : AbstractChainedDescriptor<Button>() {
   ) {}
 
   override fun onGetChildren(button: Button, children: MutableList<Any>) {}
+  override fun onGetActiveChild(node: Button): Any? {
+    return null
+  }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/Descriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/Descriptor.kt
index 1578272f5..4547e95e7 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/Descriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/Descriptor.kt
@@ -26,31 +26,4 @@ abstract class Descriptor<T> : NodeDescriptor<T> {
     }
     return null
   }
-
-  //  override fun inspect(obj: Any): FlipperObject {
-  //    val descriptor = descriptorForObject(obj)
-  //    descriptor?.let { descriptor ->
-  //      return (descriptor as Descriptor<Any>).get(obj)
-  //    }
-  //
-  //    return FlipperObject.Builder().build()
-  //  }
-  //
-  //  override fun get(node: T): FlipperObject {
-  //    val builder = FlipperObject.Builder()
-  //
-  //    val propsBuilder = FlipperObject.Builder()
-  //    getData(node, propsBuilder)
-  //
-  //    val childrenBuilder = FlipperArray.Builder()
-  //    getChildren(node, childrenBuilder)
-  //
-  //    builder
-  //        .put("key", getId(node))
-  //        .put("title", getName(node))
-  //        .put("data", propsBuilder)
-  //        .put("children", childrenBuilder)
-  //
-  //    return builder.build()
-  //  }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/DescriptorRegister.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/DescriptorRegister.kt
index 4297138db..7dc90dc04 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/DescriptorRegister.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/DescriptorRegister.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import android.view.ViewGroup
 import android.view.Window
 import android.widget.Button
 import android.widget.TextView
+import androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.common.UIDebuggerException
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.core.ApplicationRef
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ class DescriptorRegister {
       mapping.register(View::class.java, ViewDescriptor())
       mapping.register(TextView::class.java, TextViewDescriptor())
       mapping.register(Button::class.java, ButtonDescriptor())
+      mapping.register(ViewPager::class.java, ViewPagerDescriptor())
 
       for (clazz in mapping.register.keys) {
         val descriptor: Descriptor<*>? = mapping.register[clazz]
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/NodeDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/NodeDescriptor.kt
index 87e7cd6c2..c6f196f31 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/NodeDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/NodeDescriptor.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ interface NodeDescriptor<T> {
   /** The children this node exposes in the inspector. */
   fun getChildren(node: T, children: MutableList<Any>)
 
+  /**
+   * If you have overlapping children this indicates which child is active / on top, we will only
+   * listen to / traverse this child. If return null we assume all children are 'active'
+   */
+  fun getActiveChild(node: T): Any?
+
   /**
    * Get the data to show for this node in the sidebar of the inspector. The object will be shown in
    * order and with a header matching the given name.
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.kt
index 270bfcdf7..95eeeebca 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.common.InspectableObject
 
 class ObjectDescriptor : Descriptor<Any>() {
   override fun init() {}
+  override fun getActiveChild(node: Any): Any? {
+    return null
+  }
 
   override fun getId(obj: Any): String {
     return Integer.toString(System.identityHashCode(obj))
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/TextViewDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/TextViewDescriptor.kt
index 3c4e2f3e9..0dcfd9e2d 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/TextViewDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/TextViewDescriptor.kt
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@ class TextViewDescriptor : AbstractChainedDescriptor<TextView>() {
       textView: TextView,
       attributeSections: MutableMap<String, InspectableObject>
   ) {}
+
+  override fun onGetActiveChild(node: TextView): Any? {
+    return null
+  }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewDescriptor.kt
index 645960113..8953e3b4a 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewDescriptor.kt
@@ -256,4 +256,8 @@ class ViewDescriptor : AbstractChainedDescriptor<View>() {
       } catch (ignored: Exception) {}
     }
   }
+
+  override fun onGetActiveChild(node: View): Any? {
+    return null
+  }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewGroupDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewGroupDescriptor.kt
index 52b395241..9184efb6b 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewGroupDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewGroupDescriptor.kt
@@ -85,4 +85,8 @@ class ViewGroupDescriptor : AbstractChainedDescriptor<ViewGroup>() {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  override fun onGetActiveChild(node: ViewGroup): Any? {
+    return null
+  }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewPagerDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewPagerDescriptor.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09d08d1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ViewPagerDescriptor.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.descriptors
+
+import androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager
+
+class ViewPagerDescriptor : AbstractChainedDescriptor<ViewPager>() {
+
+  override fun onGetId(node: ViewPager): String = System.identityHashCode(node).toString()
+
+  override fun onGetName(node: ViewPager): String = node.javaClass.simpleName
+
+  override fun onGetActiveChild(node: ViewPager): Any? = node.getChildAt(node.currentItem)
+}
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/WindowDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/WindowDescriptor.kt
index 8e67897b2..8e74a57ae 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/WindowDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/WindowDescriptor.kt
@@ -28,4 +28,8 @@ class WindowDescriptor : AbstractChainedDescriptor<Window>() {
       window: Window,
       attributeSections: MutableMap<String, InspectableObject>
   ) {}
+
+  override fun onGetActiveChild(node: Window): Any? {
+    return null
+  }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/model/Node.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/model/Node.kt
index e0eaf1aa8..4051252a2 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/model/Node.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/model/Node.kt
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ data class Node(
     val id: String,
     val name: String,
     val attributes: Map<String, InspectableObject>,
-    val children: List<String>
+    val children: List<String>,
+    val activeChild: String?,
 )
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/main.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/main.tsx
index e13bf1965..f98f43c54 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/main.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/main.tsx
@@ -24,9 +24,20 @@ import {DownOutlined} from '@ant-design/icons';
 import {useHotkeys} from 'react-hotkeys-hook';
 import {Id, UINode} from '../types';
 
-function nodesToAntTree(root: Id, nodes: Map<Id, UINode>): DataNode {
+function nodesToAntTree(root: Id, nodes: Map<Id, UINode>): [DataNode, Id[]] {
+  const inactive: Id[] = [];
+
   function uiNodeToAntNode(id: Id): DataNode {
     const node = nodes.get(id);
+
+    if (node?.activeChild) {
+      for (const child of node.children) {
+        if (child !== node?.activeChild) {
+          inactive.push(child);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     return {
       key: id,
       title: node?.name,
@@ -34,7 +45,7 @@ function nodesToAntTree(root: Id, nodes: Map<Id, UINode>): DataNode {
     };
   }
 
-  return uiNodeToAntNode(root);
+  return [uiNodeToAntNode(root), inactive];
 }
 
 function formatDiff(start: number, end: number): string {
@@ -119,7 +130,7 @@ export function Component() {
     );
 
   if (rootId) {
-    const antTree = nodesToAntTree(rootId, nodes);
+    const [antTree, inactive] = nodesToAntTree(rootId, nodes);
     return (
       <>
         <Layout.ScrollContainer>
@@ -130,7 +141,9 @@ export function Component() {
               setSelectedNode(selected[0] as string);
             }}
             defaultExpandAll
-            expandedKeys={[...nodes.keys()]}
+            expandedKeys={[...nodes.keys()].filter(
+              (key) => !inactive.includes(key),
+            )}
             switcherIcon={<DownOutlined />}
             treeData={[antTree]}
           />
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/types.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/types.tsx
index 2997b12f0..e079f7280 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/types.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/types.tsx
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@ export type UINode = {
   name: string;
   attributes: Record<string, Inspectable>;
   children: Id[];
+  activeChild?: Id;
 };