ShowViewHandler (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager
- - org.eclipse.core.commands.AbstractHandler
  - - org.eclipse.ui.handlers.ShowViewHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

IHandler, IHandler2
```
public final class ShowViewHandler
extends AbstractHandler
```
Shows the given view. If no view is specified in the parameters, then this opens the view selection dialog.

Since:

3.1

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`ShowViewHandler()`	Creates a new ShowViewHandler that will open the view in its default location.
`ShowViewHandler(boolean makeFast)`	Creates a new ShowViewHandler that will optionally force the view to become a fast view.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

Object execute(ExecutionEvent event)
Executes with the map of parameter values by name.
- Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.AbstractHandler
  addHandlerListener, dispose, fireHandlerChanged, hasListeners, isEnabled, isHandled, removeHandlerListener, setBaseEnabled, setEnabled
- Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager
  addListenerObject, clearListeners, getListeners, isListenerAttached, removeListenerObject
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ShowViewHandler
```
public ShowViewHandler()
```
    Creates a new ShowViewHandler that will open the view in its default location.
  - ShowViewHandler
```
public ShowViewHandler(boolean makeFast)
```
    Creates a new ShowViewHandler that will optionally force the view to become a fast view.
    
    Parameters:
    
    makeFast - if true, the view will be moved to the fast view bar (even if it already exists elsewhere). If false, the view will be shown in its default location. Calling with false is equivalent to using the default constructor.
- Method Detail
  - execute
```
public Object execute(ExecutionEvent event)
               throws ExecutionException
```
    Description copied from interface: IHandler
    
    Executes with the map of parameter values by name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    event - An event containing all the information about the current state of the application; must not be null.
    
    Returns:
    
    the result of the execution. Reserved for future use, must be null.
    
    Throws:
    
    ExecutionException - if an exception occurred during execution.