# Request for an extension point to listen ShowUsage item selection event

**URL:** <https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/request-for-an-extension-point-to-listen-showusage-item-selection-event/2918>\
**Category:** IntelliJ Platform\
**Tags:** plugin-development\
**Created:** [October 11, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/request-for-an-extension-point-to-listen-showusage-item-selection-event/2918 "2025-10-11T03:11:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![blackhuman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/blackhuman/32/2058_2.png) [@blackhuman](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/blackhuman)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/request-for-an-extension-point-to-listen-showusage-item-selection-event/2918/1 "2025-10-11T03:11:47Z")

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**Problem description:**

When developing Intellij IDEA plugin, I need to get user selection from the “Show Usage” Dialog, with which I could track the user viewing history and generate a diagram to describe the code relations. I found the only way to get the “usageInfo”(1) value is from the “_logItemChosenInPopupFeatures_”(2) in below screenshot, but when digging deep down, I found that only the authorized plugin could listen this kind of event(FUS event). Any other way to accomplish this “listener”? or could I get authorized to listen the event.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/jetbrains_platform/original/2X/4/42d6d336d3d0734afab6269e56fc0292828b7c73.png)

**Environment:**

**macOS, IDEA 2025.2(develop IDE), IDEA 2024.3(Run Plugin IDE), macbook M4**

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**Author:** ![yuriy.artamonov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/yuriy.artamonov/32/48_2.png) [@yuriy.artamonov](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/yuriy.artamonov)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/request-for-an-extension-point-to-listen-showusage-item-selection-event/2918/3 "2025-11-03T10:34:57Z")

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You could try to contribute such an extension point to the platform via Github

> **[GitHub - JetBrains/intellij-community: IntelliJ IDEA & IntelliJ Platform](https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/)**
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> IntelliJ IDEA & IntelliJ Platform