diff --git a/platform/built-in-server/src/org/jetbrains/ide/ActivateApplicationHttpService.java b/platform/built-in-server/src/org/jetbrains/ide/ActivateApplicationHttpService.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e1cadcfbe3a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/built-in-server/src/org/jetbrains/ide/ActivateApplicationHttpService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.jetbrains.ide;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.wm.IdeFocusManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.wm.IdeFrame;
+import com.intellij.ui.AppIcon;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.FullHttpRequest;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.QueryStringDecoder;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Konstantin Bulenkov
+ */
+public class ActivateApplicationHttpService extends RestService {
+ @NotNull
+ @Override
+ protected String getServiceName() {
+ return "show";
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected boolean isMethodSupported(@NotNull HttpMethod method) {
+ return method == HttpMethod.GET;
+ }
+
+ @Nullable
+ @Override
+ public String execute(@NotNull QueryStringDecoder urlDecoder, @NotNull FullHttpRequest request, @NotNull ChannelHandlerContext context)
+ throws IOException {
+ final IdeFrame frame = IdeFocusManager.findInstance().getLastFocusedFrame();
+ if (frame instanceof Window) {
+ sendOk(request, context);
+ Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
+ public void run() {
+ Window window = (Window)frame;
+ window.toFront();
+ window.requestFocusInWindow();
+
+ AppIcon.getInstance().requestFocus(frame);
+
+ }
+ };
+ //noinspection SSBasedInspection
+ SwingUtilities.invokeLater(runnable);
+ return "Success";
+ }
+ sendStatus(HttpResponseStatus.NOT_FOUND, false, context.channel());
+ return "Can't find IDE Frame";
+ }
+}
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/built-in-server.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/built-in-server.xml
index 165a37cd25a1..63a623f6086a 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/built-in-server.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/built-in-server.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
+