diff --git a/editor_basics/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/editor_basics/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 8708b59e7..c919b7e3d 100644
--- a/editor_basics/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/editor_basics/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
   </project-components>
 
   <actions>
-    <!-- Add your actions here -->
+    <action id="EditorBasics.EditorIllustration" class="org.jetbrains.plugins.editor.basics.EditorIllustration" text="Editor Basics"
+            description="Illustrates how to plug an action in">
+    <add-to-group group-id="EditorPopupMenu" anchor="last"/>
+    </action>
   </actions>
 
 </idea-plugin>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/editor_basics/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/editor/basics/EditorIllustration.java b/editor_basics/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/editor/basics/EditorIllustration.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73f3605ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editor_basics/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/editor/basics/EditorIllustration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package org.jetbrains.plugins.editor.basics;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction;
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent;
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.LangDataKeys;
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor;
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+
+/**
+ * @author Anna Bulenkova
+ */
+public class EditorIllustration extends AnAction {
+    @Override
+    public void actionPerformed(AnActionEvent anActionEvent) {
+
+    }
+    @Override
+    public void update(AnActionEvent e) {
+        final Project project = e.getData(LangDataKeys.PROJECT);
+        final Editor editor = e.getData(LangDataKeys.EDITOR);
+        e.getPresentation().setVisible((project != null && editor != null && editor.getSelectionModel().hasSelection()));
+    }
+}