diff --git a/frontend/src/AppBuilder/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebarInspector/useCallbackActions.js b/frontend/src/AppBuilder/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebarInspector/useCallbackActions.js
index bf661ea20d..937fe45b2c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/AppBuilder/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebarInspector/useCallbackActions.js
+++ b/frontend/src/AppBuilder/LeftSidebar/LeftSidebarInspector/useCallbackActions.js
@@ -32,8 +32,18 @@ const useCallbackActions = () => {
   };
 
   const handleAutoScrollToComponent = (data) => {
-    const computedComponentId = getComponentIdToAutoScroll(data.id);
-    if (!computedComponentId) return;
+    const { isAccessible, computedComponentId, isOnCanvas } = getComponentIdToAutoScroll(data.id);
+    if (!isAccessible) {
+      if (isOnCanvas) {
+        toast.success(
+          `This component can't be opened because it's on the main canvas. Close ${computedComponentId} and click "Go to component" to view it there`
+        );
+      } else
+        toast.success(
+          `This component can't be opened because it's inside ${computedComponentId}. Open ${computedComponentId} and click "Go to component"to view it.`
+        );
+      return;
+    }
     setSelectedComponents([computedComponentId]);
     const target = document.getElementById(computedComponentId);
     target.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'nearest' });
diff --git a/frontend/src/AppBuilder/_stores/slices/leftSideBarSlice.js b/frontend/src/AppBuilder/_stores/slices/leftSideBarSlice.js
index da520544b2..367ca4cf0c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/AppBuilder/_stores/slices/leftSideBarSlice.js
+++ b/frontend/src/AppBuilder/_stores/slices/leftSideBarSlice.js
@@ -103,8 +103,19 @@ export const createLeftSideBarSlice = (set, get) => ({
     }
 
     if (modalsOpenOnCanvas.length > 0 && !isInsideOpenModal) {
-      return undefined;
+      const targetId = visited.size === 1 ? modalsOpenOnCanvas[modalsOpenOnCanvas.length - 1] : current;
+      const componentName = currentPageComponents?.[targetId]?.component?.name;
+
+      return {
+        isAccessible: false,
+        computedComponentId: componentName,
+        isOnCanvas: visited.size === 1,
+      };
     }
-    return targetComponentId;
+
+    return {
+      isAccessible: true,
+      computedComponentId: targetComponentId,
+    };
   },
 });