# Refreshing a dropdown in a power table?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/refreshing-a-dropdown-in-a-power-table/71385>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [March 21, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/refreshing-a-dropdown-in-a-power-table/71385 "2023-03-21T15:18:11Z")\
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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:** [March 21, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/refreshing-a-dropdown-in-a-power-table/71385/2 "2023-03-21T15:56:18Z")

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This code should still work fine:

> [@Force configure cell update in power table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/force-configure-cell-update-in-power-table/16318/7):
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> The much more efficient solution is to embed a custom editor, which will lookup the datasets dynamically whenever it’s appropriate. I’ve got a very simple example of this below; the project has an editable ‘Options’ dataset, and the available options in column B in the editable table will be dynamic based on the value in column A. The relevant code is here: root = self from javax.swing import JComboBox, DefaultCellEditor, DefaultComboBoxModel class CustomCellEditor(DefaultCellEditor):…

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