diff --git a/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/LayerOrientedSampleEditor.cpp b/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/LayerOrientedSampleEditor.cpp
index 10642c3b8365670db2c6395e241b54cc31bfcf9f..89281d78c24e41ba0bfe50b910e4f3dbdcfbf41d 100644
--- a/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/LayerOrientedSampleEditor.cpp
+++ b/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/LayerOrientedSampleEditor.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ void LayerOrientedSampleEditor::setCurrentSample(MultiLayerItem* multiLayerItem)
         m_editControllers.insert(m_currentMultiLayerItem,
                                  new SampleEditorController(m_currentMultiLayerItem));
     auto* ec = m_editControllers[m_currentMultiLayerItem];
+    connect(ec, &SampleEditorController::requestViewInRealSpace, this,
+            &LayerOrientedSampleEditor::requestViewInRealSpace);
 
     m_undoAction = ec->undoStack()->createUndoAction(this);
     m_redoAction = ec->undoStack()->createRedoAction(this);
diff --git a/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/LayerOrientedSampleEditor.h b/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/LayerOrientedSampleEditor.h
index 0a11350d6f41352da4358aab5a0dea36f6da6a80..df212a80ff41950be634ecdf9ab14e39de218d63 100644
--- a/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/LayerOrientedSampleEditor.h
+++ b/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/LayerOrientedSampleEditor.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class QToolBar;
 class SampleEditorController;
 class MultiLayerForm;
 class QScrollArea;
+class SessionItem;
 
 //! Sample editor with layer oriented presentation of a sample
 class LayerOrientedSampleEditor : public QWidget {
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ public:
 
     void setCurrentSample(MultiLayerItem* multiLayerItem);
 
+signals:
+    void requestViewInRealSpace(SessionItem* itemToShow);
+
 private:
     void updateActionEnabling();
     void onShowInlineEditButtonsToggled(bool checked);
diff --git a/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/SampleEditorController.h b/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/SampleEditorController.h
index 8134098ee10e63e2cf516ce235c3f1de18cea085..d8ab9b2dc68e5aef1c48a9213cb126188d8899bd 100644
--- a/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/SampleEditorController.h
+++ b/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/SampleEditorController.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class ItemWithMaterial;
 class SelectionContainerForm;
 class AbstractSelectionDescriptor;
 class InterferenceForm;
+class SessionItem;
 
 //! Class to modify a sample from the layer oriented sample editor.
 //!
@@ -84,6 +85,9 @@ public:
     void onStartingToMoveLayer();
     void onStoppedToMoveLayer(QWidget* widgetToMove, QWidget* moveAboveThisWidget);
 
+signals:
+    void requestViewInRealSpace(SessionItem* itemToShow);
+
 private:
     QUndoStack m_undoStack;
     MultiLayerItem* m_multiLayerItem;
diff --git a/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/SampleView.cpp b/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/SampleView.cpp
index 60c88ce44d9c5cef5a9d3be7d0a0254657b2fdfd..08471145e7ae35978c894eaf37897c2017b317e6 100644
--- a/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/SampleView.cpp
+++ b/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/SampleView.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ void SampleView::initLayerOrientedEditor()
     connect(sampleSelectionView, &SampleListView::currentSampleChanged, editor,
             &LayerOrientedSampleEditor::setCurrentSample);
 
+    connect(editor, &LayerOrientedSampleEditor::requestViewInRealSpace, this,
+            &SampleView::onRequestViewInRealSpace);
+
     setCentralWidget(editor);
     resetLayout();
 
@@ -199,6 +202,15 @@ void SampleView::onSampleTreeViewSelectionChanged(const QItemSelection& selected
         m_realSpacePanel->canvas()->setCurrentItem(item);
 }
 
+void SampleView::onRequestViewInRealSpace(SessionItem* itemToView)
+{
+    if (!itemToView)
+        return;
+
+    m_docks->setDockVisible(REALSPACEPANEL);
+    m_realSpacePanel->canvas()->setCurrentItem(itemToView);
+}
+
 void SampleView::toggleRealSpaceView()
 {
     m_docks->toggleDock(REALSPACEPANEL);
diff --git a/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/SampleView.h b/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/SampleView.h
index 16e2f9851a2eef2f8a4f879ef66f3a7378154460..41af423e7af1dfa9d76a071695a12f819bc477f1 100644
--- a/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/SampleView.h
+++ b/GUI/View/SampleDesigner/SampleView.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class ProjectDocument;
 class SampleToolBar;
 class RealSpacePanel;
 class QItemSelection;
+class SessionItem;
 
 class SampleView : public QMainWindow {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ private:
     void updateFunctionalities();
     void onSampleTreeViewSelectionChanged(const QItemSelection& selected, const QItemSelection&);
 
+    //! Show the item in the real space view
+    //!
+    //! If the real space view is not visible at the moment, it will be shown.
+    void onRequestViewInRealSpace(SessionItem* itemToView);
+
     DocksController* m_docks = nullptr;
     ProjectDocument* m_document = nullptr;
     SampleToolBar* m_toolBar = nullptr;