diff -r 8bf4fddd49f6 api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/action/InplaceEditorProvider.java
--- a/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/action/InplaceEditorProvider.java	Fri Aug 15 18:28:57 2008 +0200
+++ b/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/action/InplaceEditorProvider.java	Mon Aug 18 10:59:54 2008 +0200
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     /**
      * This is an interface of editor action supplied to the methods in the provider.
      */
-    interface EditorController {
+    public interface EditorController {
 
         /**
          * Returns whether an in-place editor is visible.
@@ -108,6 +108,47 @@
          * Notify the boundary of an editor component is changed and auto-expansion should be recalculated.
          */
         void notifyEditorComponentBoundsChanged ();
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This is an interface that extends EditorController for ability to query for invocation type.
+     * @since
+     */
+    interface TypedEditorController extends EditorController {
+
+        /**
+         * Returns a type of editor invocation
+         * @return invocation type
+         * @since
+         */
+        EditorInvocationType getEditorInvocationType ();
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Represents a type of in-place editor action invocation.
+     * @since
+     */
+    public enum EditorInvocationType {
+
+        /**
+         * Invoked by mouse.
+         * @since
+         */
+        MOUSE,
+
+        /**
+         * Invoked by keyboard.
+         * @since
+         */
+        KEY,
+
+        /**
+         * Invoked by <code>ActionFactory.getInplaceEditorController (inplaceEditorAction).openEditor(widget)</code> method.
+         * @since
+         */
+        CODE,
 
     }
 
diff -r 8bf4fddd49f6 api.visual/src/org/netbeans/modules/visual/action/InplaceEditorAction.java
--- a/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/modules/visual/action/InplaceEditorAction.java	Fri Aug 15 18:28:57 2008 +0200
+++ b/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/modules/visual/action/InplaceEditorAction.java	Mon Aug 18 10:59:54 2008 +0200
@@ -55,12 +55,13 @@
 /**
  * @author David Kaspar
  */
-public final class InplaceEditorAction<C extends JComponent> extends WidgetAction.LockedAdapter implements InplaceEditorProvider.EditorController {
+public final class InplaceEditorAction<C extends JComponent> extends WidgetAction.LockedAdapter implements InplaceEditorProvider.TypedEditorController {
 
     private InplaceEditorProvider<C> provider;
     private C editor = null;
     private Widget widget = null;
     private Rectangle rectangle = null;
+    private InplaceEditorProvider.EditorInvocationType invocationType;
 
     public InplaceEditorAction(InplaceEditorProvider<C> provider) {
         this.provider = provider;
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@
 
     public State mouseClicked(Widget widget, WidgetMouseEvent event) {
         if (event.getButton() == MouseEvent.BUTTON1 && event.getClickCount() == 2) {
-            if (openEditor(widget)) {
+            if (openEditor(widget, InplaceEditorProvider.EditorInvocationType.MOUSE)) {
                 return State.createLocked(widget, this);
             }
         }
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@
 
     public State keyPressed(Widget widget, WidgetKeyEvent event) {
         if (event.getKeyChar() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) {
-            if (openEditor(widget)) {
+            if (openEditor(widget, InplaceEditorProvider.EditorInvocationType.KEY)) {
                 return State.createLocked(widget, this);
             }
         }
@@ -123,6 +124,10 @@
     }
 
     public final boolean openEditor(Widget widget) {
+        return openEditor (widget, InplaceEditorProvider.EditorInvocationType.CODE);
+    }
+
+    private boolean openEditor (Widget widget, InplaceEditorProvider.EditorInvocationType invocationType) {
         if (editor != null) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -131,8 +136,10 @@
         if (component == null) {
             return false;
         }
+        this.invocationType = invocationType;
         editor = provider.createEditorComponent(this, widget);
         if (editor == null) {
+            this.invocationType = null;
             return false;
         }
         this.widget = widget;
@@ -204,7 +211,7 @@
         editor = null;
         widget = null;
         rectangle = null;
-
+        invocationType = null;
     }
 
     public void notifyEditorComponentBoundsChanged() {
@@ -268,4 +275,9 @@
         editor.setBounds(rectangle);
         editor.repaint();
     }
+
+    public InplaceEditorProvider.EditorInvocationType getEditorInvocationType () {
+        return invocationType;
+    }
+
 }