@classmethod
def create_explorer(cls, *args, **kwargs):
    """
        Creates and shows and ObjectExplorer window.

        The *args and **kwargs will be passed to the ObjectExplorer constructor

        A (class attribute) reference to the browser window is kept to prevent
        it from being garbage-collected.
        """
    object_explorer = cls(*args, **kwargs)
    object_explorer.exec_()
    return object_explorer
