diff --git a/packages/app/src/specs/CreateSpecModal.cy.tsx b/packages/app/src/specs/CreateSpecModal.cy.tsx
index ea0b567c83ae..2b79f7108c3f 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/specs/CreateSpecModal.cy.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/specs/CreateSpecModal.cy.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,94 @@ describe('<CreateSpecModal />', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('Modal Text Input', () => {
+  it('focuses text input and selects file name by default', () => {
+    const show = ref(true)
+
+    cy.mount(() => (<div>
+      <CreateSpecModal
+        gql={{
+          currentProject: {
+            id: 'id',
+            currentTestingType: 'component',
+            configFile: 'cypress.config.js',
+            configFileAbsolutePath: '/path/to/cypress.config.js',
+            config: [{
+              field: 'e2e',
+              value: {
+                specPattern: 'cypress/e2e/**/*.cy.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
+              },
+            }, {
+              field: 'component',
+              value: {
+                specPattern: '**/*.cy.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
+              },
+            }],
+            specs: [],
+            fileExtensionToUse: 'js',
+            defaultSpecFileName: 'cypress/e2e/ComponentName.cy.js',
+          },
+        }}
+        show={show.value}
+        onClose={() => show.value = false}
+      />
+    </div>))
+
+    cy.focused().as('specNameInput')
+
+    // focused should yield the input element since it should be auto-focused
+    cy.get('@specNameInput').invoke('val').should('equal', 'cypress/e2e/ComponentName.cy.js')
+
+    // only the file name should be focused, so backspacing should erase the whole file name
+    cy.get('@specNameInput').type('{backspace}')
+
+    cy.get('@specNameInput').invoke('val').should('equal', 'cypress/e2e/.cy.js')
+  })
+
+  it('focuses text input but does not select if default file name does not match regex', () => {
+    const show = ref(true)
+
+    cy.mount(() => (<div>
+      <CreateSpecModal
+        gql={{
+          currentProject: {
+            id: 'id',
+            currentTestingType: 'component',
+            configFile: 'cypress.config.js',
+            configFileAbsolutePath: '/path/to/cypress.config.js',
+            config: [{
+              field: 'e2e',
+              value: {
+                specPattern: 'cypress/e2e/**/*.cy.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
+              },
+            }, {
+              field: 'component',
+              value: {
+                specPattern: '**/*.cy.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
+              },
+            }],
+            specs: [],
+            fileExtensionToUse: 'js',
+            defaultSpecFileName: 'this/path/does/not/produce/regex/match-',
+          },
+        }}
+        show={show.value}
+        onClose={() => show.value = false}
+      />
+    </div>))
+
+    cy.focused().as('specNameInput')
+
+    // focused should yield the input element since it should be auto-focused
+    cy.get('@specNameInput').invoke('val').should('equal', 'this/path/does/not/produce/regex/match-')
+
+    // nothing should be selected, so backspacing should only delete the last character in the file path
+    cy.get('@specNameInput').type('{backspace}')
+
+    cy.get('@specNameInput').invoke('val').should('equal', 'this/path/does/not/produce/regex/match')
+  })
+})
+
 describe('playground', () => {
   it('can be opened and closed via the show prop', () => {
     const show = ref(false)
diff --git a/packages/app/src/specs/generators/EmptyGenerator.vue b/packages/app/src/specs/generators/EmptyGenerator.vue
index ff54e2b1bf65..e06ab095568a 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/specs/generators/EmptyGenerator.vue
+++ b/packages/app/src/specs/generators/EmptyGenerator.vue
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
       <div class="p-24px w-720px">
         <Input
           v-model="specFile"
+          :input-ref="inputRefFn"
           :placeholder="t('createSpec.e2e.importEmptySpec.inputPlaceholder')"
           :aria-label="t('createSpec.e2e.importEmptySpec.inputPlaceholder')"
           :has-error="hasError"
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { ref, watch, computed } from 'vue'
+import { ref, watch, computed, onMounted } from 'vue'
 import { useI18n } from '@packages/frontend-shared/src/locales/i18n'
 import Input from '@packages/frontend-shared/src/components/Input.vue'
 import Button from '@packages/frontend-shared/src/components/Button.vue'
@@ -180,6 +181,10 @@ const emits = defineEmits<{
 
 const { title } = useVModels(props, emits)
 
+const inputRef = ref<HTMLInputElement>()
+
+const inputRefFn = () => inputRef
+
 const specFile = ref(props.specFileName)
 
 const matches = useMutation(EmptyGenerator_MatchSpecFileDocument)
@@ -190,6 +195,28 @@ const hasError = computed(() => !isValidSpecFile.value && !!specFile.value)
 
 const result = ref<GeneratorSuccessFileFragment | null>(null)
 
+onMounted(() => {
+  if (!inputRef?.value) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  // Focus text input and try to pre-select file name
+  inputRef.value.focus()
+
+  // This regex matches a group of word characters, spaces, and '-' characters before a '.' character.
+  // For example 'path/to/spec/spec-name.cy.tsx' ---> 'spec-name'
+  const fileNameRegex = /[ \w-]+(?=\.)/
+  const inputValue = props.specFileName
+  const match = inputValue.match(fileNameRegex)
+
+  if (match) {
+    const startSelectionIndex = match.index || 0
+    const endSelectionIndex = startSelectionIndex + match[0].length
+
+    inputRef.value.setSelectionRange(startSelectionIndex, endSelectionIndex)
+  }
+})
+
 whenever(result, () => {
   title.value = t('createSpec.successPage.header')
   emits('updateTitle', t('createSpec.successPage.header'))