diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/306.miscellaneous.md b/doc/changelog.d/306.miscellaneous.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d337884a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/306.miscellaneous.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Feat: improve optional arguments in `show`
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diff --git a/src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista.py b/src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista.py
index d70af00f..499a2a88 100644
--- a/src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista.py
+++ b/src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista.py
@@ -412,7 +412,8 @@ def show(
         view_2d: Dict = None,
         name_filter: str = None,
         dark_mode: bool = False,
-        **plotting_options,
+        plotting_options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = {},
+        **show_options: Dict[str, Any],
     ) -> List[Any]:
         """Plot and show any PyAnsys object.
 
@@ -431,9 +432,11 @@ def show(
             Regular expression with the desired name or names to include in the plotter.
         dark_mode : bool, default: False
             Whether to use dark mode for the widgets.
-        **plotting_options : dict, default: None
+        plotting_options : dict, default: None
             Keyword arguments. For allowable keyword arguments, see the
             :meth:`Plotter.add_mesh <pyvista.Plotter.add_mesh>` method.
+        **show_options : Any
+            Additional keyword arguments for the show method.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -476,7 +479,7 @@ def show(
         # Update all buttons/widgets
         [widget.update() for widget in self._widgets]
 
-        self.show_plotter(screenshot, **plotting_options)
+        self.show_plotter(screenshot, **show_options)
 
         picked_objects_list = []
         if isinstance(plottable_object, list):
@@ -512,8 +515,7 @@ def show_plotter(self, screenshot: Optional[str] = None, **kwargs) -> None:
             visualizer.set_scene(self._pl)
             visualizer.show()
         else:
-            jupyter_backend = kwargs.pop("jupyter_backend", None)
-            self.pv_interface.show(screenshot=screenshot, jupyter_backend=jupyter_backend)
+            self.pv_interface.show(screenshot=screenshot, **kwargs)
 
         pv.OFF_SCREEN = self._pv_off_screen_original
 
diff --git a/tests/test_generic_plotter.py b/tests/test_generic_plotter.py
index cab27d2b..f6c28862 100644
--- a/tests/test_generic_plotter.py
+++ b/tests/test_generic_plotter.py
@@ -178,3 +178,15 @@ def test_dark_mode():
     pl = Plotter()
     pl.plot(sphere)
     pl.show(dark_mode=True)
+
+
+def test_plotter_show_mix():
+    """Test mixing plot and show methods."""
+    pl = Plotter()
+    sphere = pv.Sphere()
+    sphere1 = pv.Sphere(center=(0, 0, 1))
+    # Plot
+    pl.plot(sphere1, opacity=0.5, color="blue")
+
+    # Mix plot and show
+    pl.show(sphere, plotting_options={"show_edges": True}, cpos="xy")