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 ### Context Pane API
 
 The API demonstrated above requires very specific argument types:
-`register_external_context_pane(pane_name, display_pane_function, pane_title_function)`
+`register_external_context_pane(pane_name, display_pane_function, pane_title_function, condition=None)`
 
 *  `pane_name`: a string that will be used as the panes setting name
 *  `display_pane_function`: a function that uses `gef_print()` to print content in the pane
 *  `pane_title_function`: a function that returns the title string or None to hide the title
+*  `condition` (optional): a function that returns whether this context pane should be shown
 
 ## API