diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js
index 88ea253..3612ae1 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js
@@ -71,28 +71,24 @@
         };
 
 
-        WidgetManager.prototype.handle_msg = function(msg, model) {
-            var method = msg.content.data.method;
-            switch (method) {
-                case 'display':
-                    var cell = this.get_msg_cell(msg.parent_header.msg_id);
-                    if (cell === null) {
-                        console.log("Could not determine where the display" + 
-                            " message was from.  Widget will not be displayed");
-                    } else {
-                        var view = this.create_view(model);
-                        if (view !== undefined 
-                            && cell.widget_subarea !== undefined 
-                            && cell.widget_subarea !== null) {
-                            
-                            view.cell = cell;
-                            cell.widget_area.show();
-                            cell.widget_subarea.append(view.$el);
-                        }
-                    }
-                    break;
+        WidgetManager.prototype.display_view = function(msg_id, model) {
+            var cell = this.get_msg_cell(msg_id);
+            if (cell === null) {
+                console.log("Could not determine where the display" + 
+                    " message was from.  Widget will not be displayed");
+            } else {
+                var view = this.create_view(model);
+                if (view !== undefined 
+                    && cell.widget_subarea !== undefined 
+                    && cell.widget_subarea !== null) {
+                    
+                    view.cell = cell;
+                    cell.widget_area.show();
+                    cell.widget_subarea.append(view.$el);
+                }
             }
-        }
+        },
+
 
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@@ -174,6 +170,7 @@
             }
         },
 
+
         WidgetManager.prototype.get_msg_cell = function (msg_id) {
             var cell = null;
             // First, check to see if the msg was triggered by cell execution.
diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/widget.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/widget.js
index ae2bcae..f5a746b 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/widget.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/widget.js
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ function(widget_manager, underscore, backbone){
                 case 'custom':
                     this.trigger('msg:custom', msg.content.data.custom_content);
                     break;
-                default:
-                    // pass on to widget manager
-                    this.widget_manager.handle_msg(msg, this);
+                case 'display':
+                    this.widget_manager.display_view(msg.parent_header.msg_id, this);
+                    break;
             }
         },