diff --git a/api.visual/apichanges.xml b/api.visual/apichanges.xml
--- a/api.visual/apichanges.xml
+++ b/api.visual/apichanges.xml
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
             <api name="general"/>
             <summary>GraphLayoutFactory.createHierarchicalGraphLayout added two additional
             calls to allow configuration of inverted and layout spacing.</summary>
-            <version major="2" minor="13"/>
+            <version major="2" minor="15"/>
             <date day="24" month="6" year="2008"/>
             <author login="krichard"/>
             <compatibility addition="yes"/>
@@ -703,6 +703,21 @@
             </description>
             <class package="org.netbeans.api.visual.graph.layout" name="GraphLayoutFactory" link="yes"/>
             <issue number="138104"/>
+        </change>
+        <change>
+            <api name="general"/>
+            <summary>Added interface that extends EditorController for ability to query for invocation type</summary>
+            <version major="2" minor="16"/>
+            <date day="25" month="8" year="2008"/>
+            <author login="dkaspar"/>
+            <compatibility addition="yes"/>
+            <description>
+                 <a href="@TOP@/org/netbeans/api/visual/action/InplaceEditorProvider.TypedEditorController.html">InplaceEditorProvider.TypedEditorController</a>
+                contains <code>getEditorInvocationType()</code> which returns <a href="@TOP@/org/netbeans/api/visual/action/InplaceEditorProvider.EditorInvocationType.html">invocation type</a>  
+                (<code>MOUSE</code>, <code>KEY</code>, <code>CODE</code>).
+            </description>
+            <class package="org.netbeans.api.visual.action" name="InplaceEditorProvider" link="yes"/>
+            <issue number="144123"/>
         </change>
     </changes>
 
diff --git a/api.visual/manifest.mf b/api.visual/manifest.mf
--- a/api.visual/manifest.mf
+++ b/api.visual/manifest.mf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 OpenIDE-Module: org.netbeans.api.visual
 OpenIDE-Module-Localizing-Bundle: org/netbeans/modules/visual/resources/Bundle.properties
-OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 2.14
+OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 2.16
 AutoUpdate-Essential-Module: true
 
diff --git a/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/action/InplaceEditorProvider.java b/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/action/InplaceEditorProvider.java
--- a/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/action/InplaceEditorProvider.java
+++ b/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/action/InplaceEditorProvider.java
@@ -112,6 +112,47 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * This is an interface that extends EditorController for ability to query for invocation type.
+     * @since 2.16
+     */
+    interface TypedEditorController extends EditorController {
+
+        /**
+         * Returns a type of editor invocation
+         * @return invocation type
+         * @since 2.16
+         */
+        EditorInvocationType getEditorInvocationType ();
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Represents a type of in-place editor action invocation.
+     * @since 2.16
+     */
+    enum EditorInvocationType {
+
+        /**
+         * Invoked by mouse.
+         * @since 2.16
+         */
+        MOUSE,
+
+        /**
+         * Invoked by keyboard.
+         * @since 2.16
+         */
+        KEY,
+
+        /**
+         * Invoked by <code>ActionFactory.getInplaceEditorController (inplaceEditorAction).openEditor(widget)</code> method.
+         * @since 2.16
+         */
+        CODE,
+
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Called to notify about opening an in-place editor.
      * @param controller the editor controller
      * @param widget the widget where the editor is opened
diff --git a/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/modules/visual/action/InplaceEditorAction.java b/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/modules/visual/action/InplaceEditorAction.java
--- a/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/modules/visual/action/InplaceEditorAction.java
+++ b/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/modules/visual/action/InplaceEditorAction.java
@@ -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;
@@ -70,15 +71,17 @@
         return editor != null;
     }
 
+    @Override
     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);
             }
         }
         return State.REJECTED;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public State mousePressed(Widget widget, WidgetMouseEvent event) {
 //        if (editor != null)
 //            closeEditor (true);
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@
         return State.REJECTED;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public State mouseReleased(Widget widget, WidgetAction.WidgetMouseEvent event) {
 //        if (editor != null)
 //            closeEditor (true);
@@ -109,9 +113,10 @@
         return State.REJECTED;
     }
 
+    @Override
     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 +128,10 @@
     }
 
     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 +140,10 @@
         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 +215,7 @@
         editor = null;
         widget = null;
         rectangle = null;
-
+        invocationType = null;
     }
 
     public void notifyEditorComponentBoundsChanged() {
@@ -268,4 +279,9 @@
         editor.setBounds(rectangle);
         editor.repaint();
     }
+
+    public InplaceEditorProvider.EditorInvocationType getEditorInvocationType () {
+        return invocationType;
+    }
+
 }