diff --git a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
index 4d1a1f7d..a5d0ca2c 100644
--- a/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
+++ b/frontends/src/quick_frontend/quick_app.py
@@ -751,14 +751,23 @@ class QuickApp(object):
     def actionResultHandler(self, type, id, data, profile):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def actionManager(self, action_data, callback=None, profile=C.PROF_KEY_NONE):
+    def actionManager(self, action_data, callback=None, ui_show_cb=None, profile=C.PROF_KEY_NONE):
+        """Handle backend action
+
+        @param action_data(dict): action dict as sent by launchAction or returned by an UI action
+        @param callback(None, callback): if not None, callback to use on XMLUI answer
+        @param ui_show_cb(None, callback): if not None, method to call to show the XMLUI
+        """
         try:
             xmlui = action_data.pop('xmlui')
         except KeyError:
             pass
         else:
             ui = self.xmlui.create(self, xml_data=xmlui, callback=callback, profile=profile)
-            ui.show()
+            if ui_show_cb is None:
+                ui.show()
+            else:
+                ui_show_cb(ui)
 
         try:
             progress_id = action_data.pop('progress')