[android-components](../../index.md) / [mozilla.components.feature.readerview.view](../index.md) / [ReaderViewControlsBar](index.md) / [showControls](./show-controls.md)

# showControls

`fun showControls(): `[`Unit`](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-unit/index.html) [(source)](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/android-components/blob/master/components/feature/readerview/src/main/java/mozilla/components/feature/readerview/view/ReaderViewControlsBar.kt#L102)

Overrides [ReaderViewControlsView.showControls](../-reader-view-controls-view/show-controls.md)

Updates visibility to [View.VISIBLE](#) and requests focus for the UI controls.

