# Bug Report: Power Table configureCell()

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-report-power-table-configurecell/51315>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79, ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [September 24, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-report-power-table-configurecell/51315 "2021-09-24T14:20:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-report-power-table-configurecell/51315/21 "2021-09-25T15:00:31Z")

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Not really. Except for the various discussions here about using the paintable canvas to display images.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-report-power-table-configurecell/51315/22 "2021-09-27T14:24:02Z")

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> [@jlandwerlen](#):
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> Does anything exist in the manual, or elsewhere, that explains this in more detail?

The JDK explains the concepts:  
[https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.desktop/javax/swing/JComponent.html#getClientProperty(java.lang.Object)](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.desktop/javax/swing/JComponent.html#getClientProperty(java.lang.Object))

Basically, every Swing component contains an internal map that you can use to store 'ephemeral' data for the component's lifetime. This is _not_ part of the serialized data for the component, so it won't be present if you reopen the window, but it's still a useful performance optimization if the slow part of your code is constructing a component or some other relatively 'heavyweight' task.

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