diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/Controls.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/Controls.tsx
index 6a5d5fdd9..aff0b41d2 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/Controls.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/Controls.tsx
@@ -6,11 +6,26 @@
  *
  * @format
  */
-import React from 'react';
+import React, {useState} from 'react';
 import {plugin} from '../index';
-import {Button, Input, Tooltip} from 'antd';
-import {PauseCircleOutlined, PlayCircleOutlined} from '@ant-design/icons';
+import {
+  Button,
+  Input,
+  Modal,
+  Tooltip,
+  Dropdown,
+  Menu,
+  Typography,
+  TreeSelect,
+  Space,
+} from 'antd';
+import {
+  MoreOutlined,
+  PauseCircleOutlined,
+  PlayCircleOutlined,
+} from '@ant-design/icons';
 import {usePlugin, useValue, Layout} from 'flipper-plugin';
+import {FrameworkEventType} from '../types';
 
 /**
  * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
@@ -25,6 +40,20 @@ export const Controls: React.FC = () => {
   const instance = usePlugin(plugin);
   const searchTerm = useValue(instance.uiState.searchTerm);
   const isPaused = useValue(instance.uiState.isPaused);
+
+  const frameworkEventMonitoring: Map<FrameworkEventType, boolean> = useValue(
+    instance.uiState.frameworkEventMonitoring,
+  );
+
+  const onSetEventMonitored: (
+    eventType: FrameworkEventType,
+    monitored: boolean,
+  ) => void = (eventType: FrameworkEventType, monitored: boolean) => {
+    instance.uiState.frameworkEventMonitoring.update((draft) =>
+      draft.set(eventType, monitored),
+    );
+  };
+
   return (
     <Layout.Horizontal pad="small" gap="small">
       <Input
@@ -41,6 +70,196 @@ export const Controls: React.FC = () => {
             {isPaused ? <PlayCircleOutlined /> : <PauseCircleOutlined />}
           </Tooltip>
         }></Button>
+      <MoreOptionsMenu
+        onSetEventMonitored={onSetEventMonitored}
+        frameworkEventTypes={[...frameworkEventMonitoring.entries()]}
+      />
     </Layout.Horizontal>
   );
 };
+
+function MoreOptionsMenu({
+  onSetEventMonitored,
+  frameworkEventTypes,
+}: {
+  onSetEventMonitored: (
+    eventType: FrameworkEventType,
+    monitored: boolean,
+  ) => void;
+  frameworkEventTypes: [FrameworkEventType, boolean][];
+}) {
+  const [showFrameworkEventsModal, setShowFrameworkEventsModal] =
+    useState(false);
+
+  const moreOptionsMenu = (
+    <Menu>
+      <Menu.Item
+        onClick={() => {
+          setShowFrameworkEventsModal(true);
+        }}>
+        Framework event monitoring
+      </Menu.Item>
+    </Menu>
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Dropdown
+        key="more"
+        mouseLeaveDelay={0.7}
+        overlay={moreOptionsMenu}
+        placement="bottomRight">
+        <Button type="text" icon={<MoreOutlined style={{fontSize: 20}} />} />
+      </Dropdown>
+
+      {/*invisible until shown*/}
+      <FrameworkEventsMonitoringModal
+        frameworkEventTypes={frameworkEventTypes}
+        onSetEventMonitored={onSetEventMonitored}
+        visible={showFrameworkEventsModal}
+        onCancel={() => setShowFrameworkEventsModal(false)}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+function FrameworkEventsMonitoringModal({
+  visible,
+  onCancel,
+  onSetEventMonitored,
+  frameworkEventTypes,
+}: {
+  visible: boolean;
+  onCancel: () => void;
+  onSetEventMonitored: (
+    eventType: FrameworkEventType,
+    monitored: boolean,
+  ) => void;
+  frameworkEventTypes: [FrameworkEventType, boolean][];
+}) {
+  const selectedFrameworkEvents = frameworkEventTypes
+    .filter(([, selected]) => selected)
+    .map(([eventType]) => eventType);
+
+  const treeData = buildTreeSelectData(
+    frameworkEventTypes.map(([type]) => type),
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <Modal
+      title="Framework event monitoring"
+      visible={visible}
+      footer={null}
+      onCancel={onCancel}>
+      <Space direction="vertical" size="large">
+        <Typography.Text>
+          Monitoring an event will cause the relevant node in the visualizer and
+          tree to highlight briefly. Additionally a running total of the number
+          of each event will be show in the tree inline
+        </Typography.Text>
+
+        <TreeSelect
+          treeCheckable
+          showSearch={false}
+          showCheckedStrategy={TreeSelect.SHOW_PARENT}
+          placeholder="Select nodes to monitor"
+          virtual={false} //for scrollbar
+          style={{
+            width: '100%',
+          }}
+          treeData={treeData}
+          treeDefaultExpandAll
+          value={selectedFrameworkEvents}
+          onSelect={(_: any, node: any) => {
+            for (const leaf of getAllLeaves(node)) {
+              onSetEventMonitored(leaf, true);
+            }
+          }}
+          onDeselect={(_: any, node: any) => {
+            for (const leaf of getAllLeaves(node)) {
+              onSetEventMonitored(leaf, false);
+            }
+          }}
+        />
+      </Space>
+    </Modal>
+  );
+}
+
+type TreeSelectNode = {
+  title: string;
+  key: string;
+  value: string;
+  children: TreeSelectNode[];
+};
+
+/**
+ * In tree select you can select a parent which implicitly selects all children, we find them all here as the real state
+ * is in terms of the leaf nodes
+ */
+function getAllLeaves(treeSelectNode: TreeSelectNode) {
+  const result: string[] = [];
+  function getAllLeavesRec(node: TreeSelectNode) {
+    console.log(node);
+    if (node.children.length > 0) {
+      for (const child of node.children) {
+        getAllLeavesRec(child);
+      }
+    } else {
+      result.push(node.key);
+    }
+  }
+  getAllLeavesRec(treeSelectNode);
+  return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * transformed flat event type data structure into tree
+ */
+function buildTreeSelectData(eventTypes: string[]): TreeSelectNode[] {
+  const root: TreeSelectNode = buildTreeSelectNode('root', 'root');
+
+  eventTypes.forEach((eventType) => {
+    const eventSubtypes = eventType.split(':');
+    let currentNode = root;
+
+    // Find the parent node for the current id
+    for (let i = 0; i < eventSubtypes.length - 1; i++) {
+      let foundChild = false;
+      for (const child of currentNode.children) {
+        if (child.title === eventSubtypes[i]) {
+          currentNode = child;
+          foundChild = true;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      if (!foundChild) {
+        const newNode: TreeSelectNode = buildTreeSelectNode(
+          eventSubtypes[i],
+          eventSubtypes.slice(0, i + 1).join(':'),
+        );
+
+        currentNode.children.push(newNode);
+        currentNode = newNode;
+      }
+    }
+    // Add the current id as a child of the parent node
+    currentNode.children.push(
+      buildTreeSelectNode(
+        eventSubtypes[eventSubtypes.length - 1],
+        eventSubtypes.slice(0, eventSubtypes.length).join(':'),
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+
+  return root.children;
+}
+
+function buildTreeSelectNode(title: string, fullValue: string): TreeSelectNode {
+  return {
+    title: title,
+    key: fullValue,
+    value: fullValue,
+    children: [],
+  };
+}
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/Visualization2D.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/Visualization2D.tsx
index 53d181579..02c8c251c 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/Visualization2D.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/Visualization2D.tsx
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function Visualization2DNode({
 
   const isSelected = selectedNode === node.id;
   const {isHovered, isLongHovered} = useHoverStates(node.id);
-
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   let nestedChildren: NestedNode[];
 
   //if there is an active child don't draw the other children
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ function Visualization2DNode({
     />
   ));
 
+  const isHighlighted = useValue(instance.uiState.highlightedNodes).has(
+    node.id,
+  );
+
   return (
     <Tooltip
       visible={isLongHovered}
@@ -223,6 +227,7 @@ function Visualization2DNode({
       <div
         role="button"
         tabIndex={0}
+        ref={ref}
         style={{
           position: 'absolute',
           cursor: 'pointer',
@@ -230,8 +235,10 @@ function Visualization2DNode({
           top: toPx(node.bounds.y),
           width: toPx(node.bounds.width),
           height: toPx(node.bounds.height),
-          opacity: isSelected ? 0.5 : 1,
-          backgroundColor: isSelected
+          opacity: isSelected || isHighlighted ? 0.3 : 1,
+          backgroundColor: isHighlighted
+            ? 'red'
+            : isSelected
             ? theme.selectionBackgroundColor
             : 'transparent',
         }}
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/index.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/index.tsx
index 16a1f66ab..1d2345e07 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/index.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/index.tsx
@@ -8,15 +8,17 @@
  */
 
 import {
-  PluginClient,
-  createState,
-  createDataSource,
-  produce,
   Atom,
+  createDataSource,
+  createState,
+  PluginClient,
+  produce,
 } from 'flipper-plugin';
 import {
   Events,
   Id,
+  FrameworkEvent,
+  FrameworkEventType,
   Metadata,
   MetadataId,
   PerfStatsEvent,
@@ -37,8 +39,10 @@ type UIState = {
   searchTerm: Atom<string>;
   isContextMenuOpen: Atom<boolean>;
   hoveredNodes: Atom<Id[]>;
+  highlightedNodes: Atom<Set<Id>>;
   focusedNode: Atom<Id | undefined>;
   expandedNodes: Atom<Set<Id>>;
+  frameworkEventMonitoring: Atom<Map<FrameworkEventType, boolean>>;
 };
 
 export function plugin(client: PluginClient<Events>) {
@@ -72,12 +76,23 @@ export function plugin(client: PluginClient<Events>) {
   });
 
   const nodes = createState<Map<Id, UINode>>(new Map());
+  const frameworkEvents = createState<Map<Id, FrameworkEvent[]>>(new Map());
+
+  const highlightedNodes = createState(new Set<Id>());
   const snapshot = createState<SnapshotInfo | null>(null);
 
   const uiState: UIState = {
     //used to disabled hover effects which cause rerenders and mess up the existing context menu
     isContextMenuOpen: createState<boolean>(false),
 
+    highlightedNodes,
+
+    //used to indicate whether we will higher the visualizer / tree when a matching event comes in
+    //also whether or not will show running total  in the tree
+    frameworkEventMonitoring: createState(
+      new Map<FrameworkEventType, boolean>(),
+    ),
+
     isPaused: createState(false),
 
     //The reason for the array as that user could be hovering multiple overlapping nodes at once in the visualiser.
@@ -131,23 +146,60 @@ export function plugin(client: PluginClient<Events>) {
   };
 
   const seenNodes = new Set<Id>();
-  client.onMessage('subtreeUpdate', (event) => {
+  client.onMessage('subtreeUpdate', (subtreeUpdate) => {
+    uiState.frameworkEventMonitoring.update((draft) => {
+      (subtreeUpdate.frameworkEvents ?? []).forEach((frameworkEvent) => {
+        if (!draft.has(frameworkEvent.type))
+          draft.set(frameworkEvent.type, false);
+      });
+    });
+
+    frameworkEvents.update((draft) => {
+      if (subtreeUpdate.frameworkEvents) {
+        subtreeUpdate.frameworkEvents.forEach((frameworkEvent) => {
+          if (
+            uiState.frameworkEventMonitoring.get().get(frameworkEvent.type) ===
+              true &&
+            uiState.isPaused.get() === false
+          ) {
+            highlightedNodes.update((draft) => {
+              draft.add(frameworkEvent.nodeId);
+            });
+          }
+
+          const frameworkEventsForNode = draft.get(frameworkEvent.nodeId);
+          if (frameworkEventsForNode) {
+            frameworkEventsForNode.push(frameworkEvent);
+          } else {
+            draft.set(frameworkEvent.nodeId, [frameworkEvent]);
+          }
+        });
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          highlightedNodes.update((laterDraft) => {
+            for (const event of subtreeUpdate.frameworkEvents!!.values()) {
+              laterDraft.delete(event.nodeId);
+            }
+          });
+        }, HighlightTime);
+      }
+    });
+
     liveClientData = produce(liveClientData, (draft) => {
-      if (event.snapshot) {
+      if (subtreeUpdate.snapshot) {
         draft.snapshotInfo = {
-          nodeId: event.rootId,
-          base64Image: event.snapshot,
+          nodeId: subtreeUpdate.rootId,
+          base64Image: subtreeUpdate.snapshot,
         };
       }
 
-      event.nodes.forEach((node) => {
+      subtreeUpdate.nodes.forEach((node) => {
         draft.nodes.set(node.id, {...node});
       });
       setParentPointers(rootId.get()!!, undefined, draft.nodes);
     });
 
     uiState.expandedNodes.update((draft) => {
-      for (const node of event.nodes) {
+      for (const node of subtreeUpdate.nodes) {
         if (!seenNodes.has(node.id)) {
           draft.add(node.id);
         }
@@ -176,6 +228,7 @@ export function plugin(client: PluginClient<Events>) {
     uiState,
     uiActions: uiActions(uiState),
     nodes,
+    frameworkEvents,
     snapshot,
     metadata,
     perfEvents,
@@ -289,6 +342,8 @@ function collapseinActiveChildren(node: UINode, expandedNodes: Draft<Set<Id>>) {
   }
 }
 
+const HighlightTime = 300;
+
 export {Component} from './components/main';
 
 setLogger({
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/types.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/types.tsx
index ca9128c1e..ac1e723ed 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/types.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/types.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ export type SubtreeUpdateEvent = {
   rootId: Id;
   nodes: UINode[];
   snapshot: Snapshot;
+  frameworkEvents?: FrameworkEvent[];
+};
+
+export type Thread = 'Main' | 'Background';
+
+export type FrameworkEventType = string;
+
+export type FrameworkEvent = {
+  nodeId: Id;
+  type: FrameworkEventType;
+  thread: Thread;
+  timestamp: number;
 };
 
 export type InitEvent = {