diff --git a/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/BrowserToolbar.react.js b/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/BrowserToolbar.react.js
index a311ce518..9a322592d 100644
--- a/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/BrowserToolbar.react.js
+++ b/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/BrowserToolbar.react.js
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ const BrowserToolbar = ({
   appName,
   scrollToTop,
   toggleScrollToTop,
+  autoLoadFirstRow,
+  toggleAutoLoadFirstRow,
 }) => {
   const selectionLength = Object.keys(selection).length;
   const isPendingEditCloneRows = editCloneRows && editCloneRows.length > 0;
@@ -388,6 +390,25 @@ const BrowserToolbar = ({
               toggleScrollToTop();
             }}
           />
+          <MenuItem
+            text={
+              <span>
+                {autoLoadFirstRow && (
+                  <Icon
+                    name="check"
+                    width={12}
+                    height={12}
+                    fill="#ffffffff"
+                    className="menuCheck"
+                  />
+                )}
+                Auto-load first row
+              </span>
+            }
+            onClick={() => {
+              toggleAutoLoadFirstRow();
+            }}
+          />
         </BrowserMenu>
       </BrowserMenu>
       <div className={styles.toolbarSeparator} />
diff --git a/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/DataBrowser.react.js b/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/DataBrowser.react.js
index 0c1f260f3..ff1127d46 100644
--- a/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/DataBrowser.react.js
+++ b/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/DataBrowser.react.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import AggregationPanel from '../../../components/AggregationPanel/AggregationPa
 const BROWSER_SHOW_ROW_NUMBER = 'browserShowRowNumber';
 const AGGREGATION_PANEL_VISIBLE = 'aggregationPanelVisible';
 const BROWSER_SCROLL_TO_TOP = 'browserScrollToTop';
+const AGGREGATION_PANEL_AUTO_LOAD_FIRST_ROW = 'aggregationPanelAutoLoadFirstRow';
 
 function formatValueForCopy(value, type) {
   if (value === undefined) {
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ export default class DataBrowser extends React.Component {
       window.localStorage?.getItem(AGGREGATION_PANEL_VISIBLE) === 'true';
     const storedScrollToTop =
       window.localStorage?.getItem(BROWSER_SCROLL_TO_TOP) !== 'false';
+    const storedAutoLoadFirstRow =
+      window.localStorage?.getItem(AGGREGATION_PANEL_AUTO_LOAD_FIRST_ROW) === 'true';
     const hasAggregation =
       props.classwiseCloudFunctions?.[
         `${props.app.applicationId}${props.appName}`
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ export default class DataBrowser extends React.Component {
       frozenColumnIndex: -1,
       showRowNumber: storedRowNumber,
       scrollToTop: storedScrollToTop,
+      autoLoadFirstRow: storedAutoLoadFirstRow,
       prefetchCache: {},
       selectionHistory: [],
     };
@@ -135,6 +139,7 @@ export default class DataBrowser extends React.Component {
     this.unfreezeColumns = this.unfreezeColumns.bind(this);
     this.setShowRowNumber = this.setShowRowNumber.bind(this);
     this.toggleScrollToTop = this.toggleScrollToTop.bind(this);
+    this.toggleAutoLoadFirstRow = this.toggleAutoLoadFirstRow.bind(this);
     this.handleCellClick = this.handleCellClick.bind(this);
     this.saveOrderTimeout = null;
     this.aggregationPanelRef = React.createRef();
@@ -222,6 +227,29 @@ export default class DataBrowser extends React.Component {
       }
     }
 
+    // Auto-load first row if enabled and conditions are met
+    if (
+      this.state.autoLoadFirstRow &&
+      this.state.isPanelVisible &&
+      this.props.data &&
+      this.props.data.length > 0 &&
+      !this.state.selectedObjectId &&
+      ((!prevProps.data || prevProps.data.length === 0) ||
+       prevProps.className !== this.props.className ||
+       prevState.isPanelVisible !== this.state.isPanelVisible)
+    ) {
+      const firstRowObjectId = this.props.data[0].id;
+      this.setShowAggregatedData(true);
+      this.setSelectedObjectId(firstRowObjectId);
+      // Also set the current cell to the first cell of the first row
+      this.setCurrent({ row: 0, col: 0 });
+      this.handleCallCloudFunction(
+        firstRowObjectId,
+        this.props.className,
+        this.props.app.applicationId
+      );
+    }
+
     if (
       (this.props.AggregationPanelData !== prevProps.AggregationPanelData ||
         this.state.selectedObjectId !== prevState.selectedObjectId) &&
@@ -288,6 +316,25 @@ export default class DataBrowser extends React.Component {
       }
     }
 
+    // Auto-load first row when opening panel if enabled and no row is selected
+    if (
+      newVisibility &&
+      this.state.autoLoadFirstRow &&
+      !this.state.selectedObjectId &&
+      this.props.data &&
+      this.props.data.length > 0
+    ) {
+      const firstRowObjectId = this.props.data[0].id;
+      this.setShowAggregatedData(true);
+      this.setSelectedObjectId(firstRowObjectId);
+      this.setCurrent({ row: 0, col: 0 });
+      this.handleCallCloudFunction(
+        firstRowObjectId,
+        this.props.className,
+        this.props.app.applicationId
+      );
+    }
+
     if (!newVisibility && this.state.selectedObjectId) {
       if (this.props.errorAggregatedData != {}) {
         this.props.setErrorAggregatedData({});
@@ -694,6 +741,14 @@ export default class DataBrowser extends React.Component {
     });
   }
 
+  toggleAutoLoadFirstRow() {
+    this.setState(prevState => {
+      const newAutoLoadFirstRow = !prevState.autoLoadFirstRow;
+      window.localStorage?.setItem(AGGREGATION_PANEL_AUTO_LOAD_FIRST_ROW, newAutoLoadFirstRow);
+      return { autoLoadFirstRow: newAutoLoadFirstRow };
+    });
+  }
+
   getPrefetchSettings() {
     const config =
       this.props.classwiseCloudFunctions?.[
@@ -994,6 +1049,8 @@ export default class DataBrowser extends React.Component {
           appName={this.props.appName}
           scrollToTop={this.state.scrollToTop}
           toggleScrollToTop={this.toggleScrollToTop}
+          autoLoadFirstRow={this.state.autoLoadFirstRow}
+          toggleAutoLoadFirstRow={this.toggleAutoLoadFirstRow}
           {...other}
         />