diff --git a/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml b/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
index a09ad92ef3f..f55f9cb6e00 100644
--- a/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@
 			If [code]true[/code], displays folders in the FileSystem dock's bottom pane when split mode is enabled. If [code]false[/code], only files will be displayed in the bottom pane. Split mode can be toggled by pressing the icon next to the [code]res://[/code] folder path.
 			[b]Note:[/b] This setting has no effect when split mode is disabled (which is the default).
 		</member>
+		<member name="docks/filesystem/automatically_open_created_scripts" type="bool" setter="" getter="">
+			If [code]true[/code], scripts created in FileSystem dock will be automatically edited.
+		</member>
 		<member name="docks/filesystem/other_file_extensions" type="String" setter="" getter="">
 			A comma separated list of unsupported file extensions to show in the FileSystem dock, e.g. [code]"ico,icns"[/code].
 		</member>
diff --git a/editor/docks/filesystem_dock.cpp b/editor/docks/filesystem_dock.cpp
index 0f2ab5e9d11..4d70d4cfc91 100644
--- a/editor/docks/filesystem_dock.cpp
+++ b/editor/docks/filesystem_dock.cpp
@@ -2833,6 +2833,9 @@ void FileSystemDock::_resource_created() {
 }
 
 void FileSystemDock::_script_or_shader_created(const Ref<Resource> &p_resource) {
+	if (Object::cast_to<Script>(p_resource.ptr()) && !EDITOR_GET("docks/filesystem/automatically_open_created_scripts").operator bool()) {
+		return;
+	}
 	EditorNode::get_singleton()->push_item(p_resource.ptr());
 }
 
diff --git a/editor/settings/editor_settings.cpp b/editor/settings/editor_settings.cpp
index a9bfad2a1e4..2093352ce38 100644
--- a/editor/settings/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/editor/settings/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_defaults(Ref<ConfigFile> p_extra_config) {
 	_initial_set("docks/filesystem/always_show_folders", true);
 	_initial_set("docks/filesystem/textfile_extensions", "txt,md,cfg,ini,log,json,yml,yaml,toml,xml");
 	_initial_set("docks/filesystem/other_file_extensions", "ico,icns");
+	_initial_set("docks/filesystem/automatically_open_created_scripts", true);
 
 	// Property editor
 	EDITOR_SETTING(Variant::FLOAT, PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "docks/property_editor/auto_refresh_interval", 0.2, "0.01,1,0.001"); // Update 5 times per second by default.