diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/svn4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
index c0bdd3457557..735d93561401 100644
--- a/plugins/svn4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/svn4idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@
 
     <statistics.usagesCollector implementation="org.jetbrains.idea.svn.statistics.SvnWorkingCopyFormatUsagesCollector"/>
 
+    <changesViewContent tabName="Subversion Working Copies Information" className="org.jetbrains.idea.svn.WorkingCopiesContent"
+                        predicateClassName="org.jetbrains.idea.svn.WorkingCopiesContent$VisibilityPredicate"/>
+
     <openapi.vcs.changes.actions.diff.ChangeDiffViewerWrapperProvider
         implementation="org.jetbrains.idea.svn.difftool.SvnChangeDiffViewerProvider"/>
     <openapi.vcs.changes.actions.diff.ChangeDiffRequestProvider
diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnVcs.java b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnVcs.java
index 165c70aec3e3..ea135efdc972 100644
--- a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnVcs.java
+++ b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/SvnVcs.java
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ public class SvnVcs extends AbstractVcs<CommittedChangeList> {
 
   private ChangeProvider myChangeProvider;
   private MergeProvider myMergeProvider;
-  private final WorkingCopiesContent myWorkingCopiesContent;
 
   private final SvnChangelistListener myChangeListListener;
 
@@ -193,8 +192,6 @@ public class SvnVcs extends AbstractVcs<CommittedChangeList> {
 
     myFrameStateListener = project.isDefault() ? null : new MyFrameStateListener(ChangeListManager.getInstance(project),
                                                                                  VcsDirtyScopeManager.getInstance(project));
-    myWorkingCopiesContent = new WorkingCopiesContent(this);
-
     myChecker = new SvnExecutableChecker(this);
 
     Application app = ApplicationManager.getApplication();
@@ -216,8 +213,6 @@ public class SvnVcs extends AbstractVcs<CommittedChangeList> {
     else {
       invokeRefreshSvnRoots();
     }
-
-    myWorkingCopiesContent.activate();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -433,7 +428,6 @@ public class SvnVcs extends AbstractVcs<CommittedChangeList> {
 
     mySvnBranchPointsCalculator.deactivate();
     mySvnBranchPointsCalculator = null;
-    myWorkingCopiesContent.deactivate();
     myLoadedBranchesStorage.deactivate();
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/WorkingCopiesContent.java b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/WorkingCopiesContent.java
index 9debc02cbd56..4b6e32f28052 100644
--- a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/WorkingCopiesContent.java
+++ b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/WorkingCopiesContent.java
@@ -16,44 +16,36 @@
 package org.jetbrains.idea.svn;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.ui.ChangesViewContentI;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.ProjectLevelVcsManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.ui.ChangesViewContentManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.changes.ui.ChangesViewContentProvider;
 import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindow;
 import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowManager;
 import com.intellij.ui.content.Content;
-import com.intellij.ui.content.ContentFactory;
 import com.intellij.ui.content.ContentManager;
+import com.intellij.util.NotNullFunction;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.svn.dialogs.CopiesPanel;
 
-public class WorkingCopiesContent {
+import javax.swing.*;
+
+public class WorkingCopiesContent implements ChangesViewContentProvider {
 
   public static final String TAB_NAME = SvnBundle.message("dialog.show.svn.map.title");
 
-  private final SvnVcs myVcs;
-  private Content myShownContent;
+  @NotNull private final Project myProject;
 
-  public WorkingCopiesContent(SvnVcs vcs) {
-    myVcs = vcs;
+  public WorkingCopiesContent(@NotNull Project project) {
+    myProject = project;
   }
 
-  public void activate() {
-    final ChangesViewContentI cvcm = ChangesViewContentManager.getInstance(myVcs.getProject());
-    final ContentFactory contentFactory = ContentFactory.SERVICE.getInstance();
-
-    final CopiesPanel copiesPanel = new CopiesPanel(myVcs.getProject());
-    myShownContent = contentFactory.createContent(copiesPanel.getComponent(), TAB_NAME, true);
-    myShownContent.setCloseable(false);
-    cvcm.addContent(myShownContent);
-    myShownContent.setPreferredFocusableComponent(copiesPanel.getPreferredFocusedComponent());
+  @Override
+  public JComponent initContent() {
+    return new CopiesPanel(myProject).getComponent();
   }
 
-  public void deactivate() {
-    if (myShownContent != null) {
-      final ChangesViewContentI cvcm = ChangesViewContentManager.getInstance(myVcs.getProject());
-      cvcm.removeContent(myShownContent);
-      myShownContent = null;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public void disposeContent() {
   }
 
   public static void show(@NotNull Project project) {
@@ -70,4 +62,13 @@ public class WorkingCopiesContent {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  public static class VisibilityPredicate implements NotNullFunction<Project, Boolean> {
+
+    @NotNull
+    @Override
+    public Boolean fun(@NotNull Project project) {
+      return ProjectLevelVcsManager.getInstance(project).checkVcsIsActive(SvnVcs.VCS_NAME);
+    }
+  }
 }