diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gecko/view/GeckoView.java b/src/main/java/org/gecko/view/GeckoView.java
index fde28df9..950f6388 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gecko/view/GeckoView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gecko/view/GeckoView.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import javafx.beans.property.SimpleObjectProperty;
 import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
 import javafx.collections.ObservableSet;
+import javafx.geometry.Point2D;
 import javafx.scene.Node;
 import javafx.scene.control.MenuBar;
 import javafx.scene.control.Tab;
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ public class GeckoView {
     private final ArrayList<EditorView> openedViews;
     private boolean darkMode = false;
 
+    private boolean hasBeenFocused = false;
+
     public GeckoView(GeckoViewModel viewModel) {
         this.viewModel = viewModel;
         this.mainPane = new BorderPane();
@@ -79,6 +82,28 @@ public GeckoView(GeckoViewModel viewModel) {
 
         centerPane.setPickOnBounds(false);
         refreshView();
+
+        centerPane.sceneProperty().addListener((observable, oldValue, newValue) -> {
+            if (newValue == null) {
+                return;
+            }
+            newValue.focusOwnerProperty().addListener((observable1, oldValue1, newValue1) -> {
+                if (!currentViewProperty.getValue().getViewModel().getPositionableViewModelElements().isEmpty()
+                    && !hasBeenFocused) {
+                    EditorViewModel currentViewModel = currentViewProperty.getValue().getViewModel();
+
+                    // Evaluate the center of all elements by calculating the average position
+                    Point2D center = currentViewModel.getPositionableViewModelElements()
+                        .stream()
+                        .map(PositionableViewModelElement::getCenter)
+                        .reduce(new Point2D(0, 0), Point2D::add)
+                        .multiply(1.0 / currentViewModel.getPositionableViewModelElements().size());
+
+                    currentViewModel.setPivot(center);
+                }
+                hasBeenFocused = true;
+            });
+        });
     }
 
     private void onUpdateCurrentEditorFromViewModel(
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gecko/view/inspector/builder/AutomatonVariablePaneBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/gecko/view/inspector/builder/AutomatonVariablePaneBuilder.java
index b70f2016..39fb1bf0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gecko/view/inspector/builder/AutomatonVariablePaneBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gecko/view/inspector/builder/AutomatonVariablePaneBuilder.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 public class AutomatonVariablePaneBuilder {
 
     private static final int VARIABLE_PANE_WIDTH = 320;
+    private static final int VARIABLE_PANE_HEIGHT = 240;
     private static final int ELEMENT_SPACING = 10;
 
     private final ScrollPane scrollPane;
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ public class AutomatonVariablePaneBuilder {
     public AutomatonVariablePaneBuilder(ActionManager actionManager, SystemViewModel systemViewModel) {
         scrollPane = new ScrollPane();
         scrollPane.setPrefWidth(VARIABLE_PANE_WIDTH);
+        scrollPane.setPrefHeight(VARIABLE_PANE_HEIGHT);
+        scrollPane.setMinHeight(VARIABLE_PANE_HEIGHT);
+        scrollPane.setMaxHeight(VARIABLE_PANE_HEIGHT);
 
         VBox content = new VBox();
         InspectorElement<HBox> inputLabel =
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gecko/view/views/EditorView.java b/src/main/java/org/gecko/view/views/EditorView.java
index a8848cb4..236850c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gecko/view/views/EditorView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gecko/view/views/EditorView.java
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ public Node drawInspector() {
             VBox vbox = new VBox();
             vbox.addEventHandler(KeyEvent.ANY, shortcutHandler);
             Inspector currentInspectorNode = currentInspector.get();
-            currentInspectorNode.setPrefHeight(AUTOMATON_INSPECTOR_HEIGHT);
             VBox inspectorBox = new VBox(currentInspectorNode);
             VBox.setVgrow(inspectorBox, Priority.ALWAYS);
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/gecko/io/SaveAndLoadTest.java b/src/test/java/org/gecko/io/SaveAndLoadTest.java
index d825674f..8436280f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/gecko/io/SaveAndLoadTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/gecko/io/SaveAndLoadTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ public class ProjectFileSerializerTest {
         private static GeckoViewModel oneLevelGeckoViewModel;
         private static GeckoViewModel treeGeckoViewModel;
         private static ObjectMapper mapper;
-        static String EMPTY_GECKO_JSON = "{\"model\":{\"id\":0,\"name\":\"Element_0\",\"code\":null,\"automaton\":{\"startState\":null,\"regions\":[],\"states\":[],\"edges\":[]},\"children\":[],\"connections\":[],\"variables\":[]},\"startStates\":[],\"viewModelProperties\":[]}";
+        static String EMPTY_GECKO_JSON =
+            "{\"model\":{\"id\":0,\"name\":\"Element_0\",\"code\":null,\"automaton\":{\"startState\":null,\"regions\":[],\"states\":[],\"edges\":[]},\"children\":[],\"connections\":[],\"variables\":[]},\"startStates\":[],\"viewModelProperties\":[]}";
         static String NON_NULL_AUTOMATON_JSON = "\"automaton\":{";
         static String NON_NULL_START_STATE_JSON = "\"startState\":{";
         static String NON_NULL_REGIONS_JSON = "\"regions\":[{";