diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/outputformatter.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/outputformatter.cpp
index 3127772c1327880263cc3ac193990514e73cb7d2..5ddfa51f13551299505cadfcb3ff8884107d9efb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/outputformatter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/outputformatter.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ void OutputFormatter::setPlainTextEdit(QPlainTextEdit *plainText)
 
 void OutputFormatter::appendApplicationOutput(const QString &text, bool onStdErr)
 {
+    gotoEnd();
+
     if (onStdErr)
         setFormat(StdErrFormat);
     else
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ void OutputFormatter::appendApplicationOutput(const QString &text, bool onStdErr
 
 void OutputFormatter::appendMessage(const QString &text, bool isError)
 {
+    gotoEnd();
+
     if (isError)
         setFormat(ErrorMessageFormat);
     else
@@ -121,3 +125,8 @@ void OutputFormatter::setFormat(Format theFormat) const
     if (m_formats)
         plainTextEdit()->setCurrentCharFormat(m_formats[theFormat]);
 }
+
+void OutputFormatter::gotoEnd() const
+{
+    plainTextEdit()->moveCursor(QTextCursor::End);
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/outputformatter.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/outputformatter.h
index 38ed672b9b753e7e3ed5e9e0bd1f7fd228f167f6..3c8ff1ecd6ace1dec10fe42d768c51aec4a038ea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/outputformatter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/outputformatter.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ protected:
     void initFormats();
     void setFormat(Format theFormat) const;
 
+    void gotoEnd() const;
+
 private:
     QPlainTextEdit *m_plainTextEdit;
     QTextCharFormat *m_formats;
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepagewidget.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepagewidget.cpp
index 569f92bf80d2972c62ca9d3478cce923ada8f8a9..a9feb8f2b2d2cb9883c2c695fd06e1198054248a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepagewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepagewidget.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
 
-#define MAX_RECENT_ITEMS 6
+#define MAX_RECENT_PROJECT_ITEMS 6
+#define MAX_RECENT_SESSION_ITEMS 10
 
 using namespace ProjectExplorer::Internal;
 
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ void ProjectWelcomePageWidget::updateWelcomePage(const WelcomePageData &welcomeP
     if (welcomePageData.sessionList.count() > 0) {
         int items = 0;
         foreach (const QString &s, welcomePageData.sessionList) {
-            if (++items > MAX_RECENT_ITEMS)
+            if (++items > MAX_RECENT_SESSION_ITEMS)
                 break;
             QString str = s;
             if (welcomePageData.activeSession.isEmpty()) {
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ void ProjectWelcomePageWidget::updateWelcomePage(const WelcomePageData &welcomeP
         int items = 0;
         QFontMetrics fm = fontMetrics();
         foreach (const QStringPair &it, welcomePageData.projectList) {
-            if (++items > MAX_RECENT_ITEMS)
+            if (++items > MAX_RECENT_PROJECT_ITEMS)
                 break;
             const QFileInfo fi(it.first);
             QString label = "<b>" + it.second +
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepagewidget.ui b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepagewidget.ui
index f6e12a20785bd450e3f300fa4b39df44b549d36a..83d58c58f6e11e9dfda1eef288ccd57305a71979 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepagewidget.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepagewidget.ui
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
               </sizepolicy>
              </property>
              <property name="text">
-              <string>Resume Session</string>
+              <string>Recent Sessions</string>
              </property>
              <property name="alignment">
               <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmloutputformatter.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmloutputformatter.cpp
index 4671512211593a310b705db8588f23eeac3f87dd..0b4eaf6dc697caec71018c6110ab42b38fb19e8d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmloutputformatter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmloutputformatter.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ QmlOutputFormatter::QmlOutputFormatter(QObject *parent)
 
 void QmlOutputFormatter::appendApplicationOutput(const QString &text, bool onStdErr)
 {
+    gotoEnd();
+
     if (onStdErr)
         setFormat(StdErrFormat);
     else