diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/css/kitodo.css b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/css/kitodo.css
index 751405b6e79..ad558a59e50 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/css/kitodo.css
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/css/kitodo.css
@@ -3165,6 +3165,11 @@ Column content
     overflow: hidden;
 }
 
+#metadataAccordion\:metadata\:metadataTable_data tr.focusedRow,
+div[id$='metadataTable'].ui-treetable tr.focusedRow {
+    background-color: var(--trans-blue-highlight);
+}
+
 #imagePreviewForm {
     -webkit-touch-callout: none; /* iOS Safari */
     -webkit-user-select: none; /* Safari */
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/css/pattern-library.css b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/css/pattern-library.css
index 05c69589095..93fcb720613 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/css/pattern-library.css
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/css/pattern-library.css
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     --medium-gray: #999;
     --orange: #f94a15;
     --trans-blue: #f2fbff;
+    --trans-blue-highlight: #dbecf6;
     --pure-white: #fff;
     --error-background: #f2dede;
 
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/js/metadata_table.js b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/js/metadata_table.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62b4ff4c945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/js/metadata_table.js
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/**
+ * (c) Kitodo. Key to digital objects e. V. <contact@kitodo.org>
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Kitodo project.
+ *
+ * It is licensed under GNU General Public License version 3 or later.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the
+ * GPL3-License.txt file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * This class allows to focus the most recently added metadata row of a metadata table.
+ * 
+ * It requires each row to be annotated with a data attribute containing its metadata type.
+ * When adding a new metadata row, the last row of the same metadata type is focused.
+ */
+class FocusMetadataRow {
+
+    /**
+     * Contains the row key (rk data attribute) of the metadata group whose add button (+) 
+     * was last clicked by the user.
+     */
+    #lastSelectedRowKey;
+
+    constructor() {
+        this.#lastSelectedRowKey = "root";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the recently added metadata type (e.g. TitleDocMain or LABEL) from the 
+     * "addMetadata" dialog. Requires "widgetVar" declaration on PrimeFaces element.
+     */
+    #getSelectedMetadataType() {
+        return PF('metadataTypeSelection').getSelectedValue();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove all highlights.
+     */
+    #removeHighlights() {
+        $("div[id$='metadataTable'] tr.focusedRow").removeClass("focusedRow");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remembers the metadata group whose add button (+) was clicked by the user.
+     * Is used to determine which metadata row needs to be focused if there are multiple 
+     * groups with the same metadata type (e.g. ContributingPerson).
+     * 
+     * @param {String} rowId the id of the metadata row whose add button (+) was clicked by the user
+     */
+    remember(rowId) {
+        this.#removeHighlights();
+        // extract data attribute "rk" (row key?), which references the current row (tree node)
+        let rowKey = $(document.getElementById(rowId)).closest("tr").data("rk");
+        // remember the current row key if available
+        this.#lastSelectedRowKey = typeof rowKey !== 'undefined' ? rowKey : "root";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Focus the row that was added by a user.
+     */
+    focus() {
+        this.#removeHighlights();
+
+        // find last metadata row matching currently selected metadata type
+        let row = $(
+            "div[id$='metadataTable'] " + // metadata table selector
+            "tr[data-prk='" + this.#lastSelectedRowKey + "'] " + // remembered metadata group
+            "label[data-metadataid='" + this.#getSelectedMetadataType() + "']" // selected metadata type
+        ).last().closest("tr");
+        
+        // if found, focus row
+        if (row.length === 1) {
+            row.addClass("focusedRow");
+            row.get(0).scrollIntoView();
+            row.find("input:enabled:visible,textarea:enabled:visible").first().focus();
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+// register class with global metadataTable namespace
+var metadataTable = metadataTable || {};
+metadataTable.focusMetadataRow = new FocusMetadataRow();
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/metadataEditor/dialogs/addMetadata.xhtml b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/metadataEditor/dialogs/addMetadata.xhtml
index 87db0759c53..51f1cdf221f 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/metadataEditor/dialogs/addMetadata.xhtml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/metadataEditor/dialogs/addMetadata.xhtml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
                                   styleClass="dialogFieldWrapper">
                         <div>
                             <p:selectOneMenu id="metadataTypeSelection"
+                                             widgetVar="metadataTypeSelection"
                                              value="#{DataEditorForm.addMetadataDialog.selectedMetadata}">
                                 <f:selectItems value="#{DataEditorForm.addMetadataDialog.addableMetadata}"/>
                             </p:selectOneMenu>
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
                         <p:commandButton id="apply"
                                          action="#{DataEditorForm.metadataPanel.addMetadataEntry}"
                                          update="metadataAccordion:metadata:metadataTable metadataAccordion:addMetadataButtonWrapper"
-                                         oncomplete="PF('addMetadataDialog').hide();"
+                                         oncomplete="PF('addMetadataDialog').hide();metadataTable.focusMetadataRow.focus();"
                                          value="#{msgs.apply}"
                                          styleClass="primary right"/>
                         <p:commandButton id="cancel"
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/metadataEditor/logicalMetadata.xhtml b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/metadataEditor/logicalMetadata.xhtml
index 74cb351aa58..16c9e5cbb4d 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/metadataEditor/logicalMetadata.xhtml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/metadataEditor/logicalMetadata.xhtml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                                      update="addMetadataForm"
                                      disabled="#{DataEditorForm.structurePanel.selectedLogicalNode.data.linked or not DataEditorForm.metadataPanel.metadataAddableToStructureElement()}"
                                      action="#{DataEditorForm.addMetadataDialog.prepareAddableMetadataForStructure(DataEditorForm.metadataPanel.logicalMetadataRows.getChildren())}"
-                                     oncomplete="PF('addMetadataDialog').show();">
+                                     oncomplete="PF('addMetadataDialog').show();metadataTable.focusMetadataRow.remember(this.source);">
                         <f:setPropertyActionListener target="#{DataEditorForm.metadataPanel.selectedMetadataTreeNode}" value="#{null}"/>
                     </p:commandButton>
                 </h:panelGroup>
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/metadataTreeTable.xhtml b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/metadataTreeTable.xhtml
index 2a28ccb1d41..19ed607f80a 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/metadataTreeTable.xhtml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/metadataTreeTable.xhtml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         xmlns:h="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html"
         xmlns:ui="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/facelets"
         xmlns:f="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/core"
-        xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui">
+        xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui"
+        xmlns:a="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/passthrough">
 
     <!-- parameters:
            * root: table data tree (org.primefaces.model.TreeNode)
@@ -51,8 +52,10 @@
 
                 <p:outputLabel for="#{item.input eq 'dataTable' ? '' : item.input}"
                                value="#{item.label}: #{item.required ? ' *' :''}"
+                               a:data-metadataid="#{item.metadataID}"
                                rendered="#{not item.undefined}"/>
                 <p:outputLabel value="#{item.label}: ⚠️"
+                               a:data-metadataid="#{item.metadataID}"
                                style="background-color: gold;"
                                title="#{msgs['dataEditor.undefinedKey']}"
                                rendered="#{item.undefined}"/>
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@
                                      icon="fa fa-plus"
                                      styleClass="secondary"
                                      update="addMetadataDialog"
-                                     oncomplete="PF('addMetadataDialog').show()"/>
+                                     oncomplete="PF('addMetadataDialog').show();metadataTable.focusMetadataRow.remember(this.source);"/>
                 </h:panelGroup>
 
                 <!-- button to delete -->
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/processFromTemplate/dataEdit.xhtml b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/processFromTemplate/dataEdit.xhtml
index b0015ef9639..5f27134438e 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/processFromTemplate/dataEdit.xhtml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/processFromTemplate/dataEdit.xhtml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
                                      update="addMetadataDialog"
                                      disabled="#{not CreateProcessForm.addMetadataDialog.metadataAddableToStructureElement()}"
                                      action="#{CreateProcessForm.addMetadataDialog.prepareAddableMetadataForStructure()}"
-                                     oncomplete="PF('addMetadataDialog').show();">
+                                     oncomplete="PF('addMetadataDialog').show();metadataTable.focusMetadataRow.remember(this.source);">
                     </p:commandButton>
                 </h:panelGroup>
             </div>
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/processFromTemplate/dialogs/addMetadata.xhtml b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/processFromTemplate/dialogs/addMetadata.xhtml
index 2216c5df01a..0365bf7ca32 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/processFromTemplate/dialogs/addMetadata.xhtml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/processFromTemplate/dialogs/addMetadata.xhtml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
                                   styleClass="dialogFieldWrapper">
                         <div>
                             <p:selectOneMenu id="metadataTypeSelection"
+                                             widgetVar="metadataTypeSelection"
                                              value="#{CreateProcessForm.addMetadataDialog.selectedMetadata}">
                                 <f:selectItems value="#{CreateProcessForm.addMetadataDialog.addableMetadata}"/>
                             </p:selectOneMenu>
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
                                          action="#{CreateProcessForm.processMetadata.addMetadataEntry}"
                                          process="addMetadataDialog"
                                          update="editForm:processFromTemplateTabView:metadataTable editForm:processFromTemplateTabView:addMetadataButtonWrapper"
-                                         oncomplete="PF('addMetadataDialog').hide();"
+                                         oncomplete="PF('addMetadataDialog').hide();metadataTable.focusMetadataRow.focus();"
                                          value="#{msgs.apply}"
                                          styleClass="primary right"/>
                         <p:commandButton id="cancel"
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/pages/metadataEditor.xhtml b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/pages/metadataEditor.xhtml
index 2cc0c52121e..6e0ee6463d4 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/pages/metadataEditor.xhtml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/pages/metadataEditor.xhtml
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@
         <h:outputScript name="js/metadata_editor_unsaved_changes.js" target="head"/>
         <h:outputScript name="js/metadataeditor_jquery-ui_fix.js" />
         <h:outputScript name="js/pf_contextMenu_custom.js" target="body"/>
+        <h:outputScript name="js/metadata_table.js" target="body"/>
         <h:outputScript>
             PrimeFaces.widget.VerticalTree.prototype.bindKeyEvents = function () {
                 // Prevent PrimeFaces' default keyboard event handling for VerticalTrees.
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/pages/processFromTemplate.xhtml b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/pages/processFromTemplate.xhtml
index 4298b9eea14..e55c2f2c62f 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/pages/processFromTemplate.xhtml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/pages/processFromTemplate.xhtml
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
     <ui:define name="page-scripts">
         <h:outputScript name="js/defaultScript.js" target="body"/>
         <h:outputScript name="js/metadata_editor.js" target="body"/>
+        <h:outputScript name="js/metadata_table.js" target="body"/>
     </ui:define>
 
 </ui:composition>
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/selenium/MetadataST.java b/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/selenium/MetadataST.java
index 619f9ba84f0..d875ca9c3cc 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/selenium/MetadataST.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/selenium/MetadataST.java
@@ -215,9 +215,14 @@ public void showPaginationByDefaultTest() throws Exception {
         Pages.getProcessesPage().goTo().editMetadata(MockDatabase.MEDIA_RENAMING_TEST_PROCESS_TITLE);
         assertFalse(Pages.getMetadataEditorPage().isPaginationPanelVisible());
         Pages.getMetadataEditorPage().closeEditor();
-        Pages.getUserEditPage().setPaginationToShowByDefault();
+        Pages.getUserEditPage().togglePaginationToShowByDefault();
         Pages.getProcessesPage().goTo().editMetadata(MockDatabase.MEDIA_RENAMING_TEST_PROCESS_TITLE);
         assertTrue(Pages.getMetadataEditorPage().isPaginationPanelVisible());
+        // disable pagination again to prevent conflicts with other tests (when interacting with metadata table)
+        Pages.getMetadataEditorPage().closeEditor();
+        Pages.getUserEditPage().togglePaginationToShowByDefault();
+        Pages.getProcessesPage().goTo().editMetadata(MockDatabase.MEDIA_RENAMING_TEST_PROCESS_TITLE);
+        assertFalse(Pages.getMetadataEditorPage().isPaginationPanelVisible());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -496,6 +501,67 @@ public void linkPageToNextDivision() throws Exception {
     }
 
     /**
+     * Tests that a metadata row of the metadata table is highlighted as soon as a user adds a new
+     * row via the add metadata dialog.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void focusRecentlyAddedMetadataRowTest() throws Exception {
+        login("kowal");
+
+        // open the metadata editor
+        Pages.getProcessesPage().goTo().editMetadata(MockDatabase.MEDIA_RENAMING_TEST_PROCESS_TITLE);
+
+        // wait until metadata table is shown
+        await().ignoreExceptions().pollDelay(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).atMost(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS).until(
+            () -> Browser.getDriver().findElement(By.id("metadataAccordion:metadata:metadataTable")).isDisplayed()
+        );
+
+        // verify no metadata row is focused yet
+        assertTrue(Browser.getDriver().findElements(
+            By.cssSelector("#metadataAccordion\\:metadata\\:metadataTable tr.focusedRow")).isEmpty()
+        );
+
+        // click on add metadata button
+        Browser.getDriver().findElement(By.id("metadataAccordion:addMetadataButton")).click();
+        
+        // wait until dialog is visible
+        await().ignoreExceptions().pollDelay(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).atMost(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS).until(
+            () -> Browser.getDriver().findElement(By.id("addMetadataDialog")).isDisplayed()
+        );
+
+        // open select menu
+        Browser.getDriver().findElement(By.id("addMetadataForm:metadataTypeSelection")).click();
+
+        // wait until selection menu list is visible
+        await().ignoreExceptions().pollDelay(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).atMost(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS).until(
+            () -> Browser.getDriver().findElement(By.id("addMetadataForm:metadataTypeSelection_items")).isDisplayed()
+        );
+        
+        // select Person as new metadata row
+        Browser.getDriver().findElement(By.cssSelector(
+            "#addMetadataForm\\:metadataTypeSelection_items li[data-label='Person'].ui-selectonemenu-item"
+        )).click();
+
+        // confirm dialog
+        Browser.getDriver().findElement(By.id("addMetadataForm:apply")).click();
+
+        // wait until dialog disappears
+        await().ignoreExceptions().pollDelay(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).atMost(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS).until(
+            () -> !Browser.getDriver().findElement(By.id("addMetadataDialog")).isDisplayed()
+        );
+
+        // verify metadata row with name "Person" is selected
+        assertEquals("Person:", Browser.getDriver().findElement(
+            By.cssSelector("#metadataAccordion\\:metadata\\:metadataTable tr.focusedRow label")
+        ).getText());
+
+        // verify accordion was scrolled down
+        assertTrue(0 < (Long)Browser.getDriver().executeScript(
+            "return document.getElementById('metadataAccordion:metadata:metadataTable').scrollTop;"
+        ));
+    }
+
+    /*
      * Verifies that an image can be openend in a separate window by clicking on the corresponding 
      * context menu item of the first logical tree node.
      */
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/selenium/testframework/pages/UserEditPage.java b/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/selenium/testframework/pages/UserEditPage.java
index 6966b1fb403..b25471b19eb 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/selenium/testframework/pages/UserEditPage.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/selenium/testframework/pages/UserEditPage.java
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public void changeUserSettings() throws Exception {
     /**
      * Set pagination panel to show by default in metadata editor.
      */
-    public void setPaginationToShowByDefault() throws Exception {
+    public void togglePaginationToShowByDefault() throws Exception {
         openUserConfig();
         switchToTabByIndex(TabIndex.USER_METADATA_EDITOR_SETTINGS.getIndex());
         WebElement switchCheckBox = showPaginationByDefaultSwitch.findElement(By.className("ui-chkbox-box"));