diff --git a/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/components/custom-canvases/stages/app-decoration.jsx b/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/components/custom-canvases/stages/app-decoration.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f89d77ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/components/custom-canvases/stages/app-decoration.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 Elyra Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import React from "react";
+import PropTypes from "prop-types";
+import { Tag } from "@carbon/react";
+
+class AppDecoration extends React.Component {
+	constructor(props) {
+		super(props);
+
+		this.state = {
+		};
+	}
+
+	render() {
+		const h = 70;
+		const w = 250;
+		const o = 30; // Offset of triangle from left edge
+		const t = 8; // Triangle size
+		const d = 5; // Depth of colored strip
+
+		const outlinePath = `M 0 0 L 0 ${h} ${o} ${h} ${o + t} ${h + t} ${o + (2 * t)} ${h} ${w} ${h} ${w} 0 Z`;
+		const stripPath = `M 0 0 L 0 ${d} ${w} ${d} ${w} 0 Z`;
+
+		return (
+			<div style={{ height: "100%", width: "100%" }} onClick={this.onClick} >
+				<svg height="100%" width="100%">
+					<path style={{ fill: "lightgray", stroke: "lightgray" }} d={outlinePath} />
+					<path style={{ fill: "gold", stroke: "gold" }} d={stripPath} />
+				</svg>
+				<div style={{ position: "absolute", top: 20, left: 5 }} >
+					<Tag className="some-class" type="cyan">
+						{"Column"}
+					</Tag>
+				</div>
+				<div style={{ position: "absolute", top: 30, left: 100 }} >
+					{this.props.node.label}
+				</div>
+			</div>
+		);
+	}
+}
+
+AppDecoration.propTypes = {
+	node: PropTypes.object
+};
+
+export default AppDecoration;
diff --git a/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/components/custom-canvases/stages/stages-canvas.jsx b/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/components/custom-canvases/stages/stages-canvas.jsx
index f183897f9..a7c879066 100644
--- a/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/components/custom-canvases/stages/stages-canvas.jsx
+++ b/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/components/custom-canvases/stages/stages-canvas.jsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { Button } from "@carbon/react";
 import { Edit, OpenPanelFilledLeft, Search } from "@carbon/react/icons";
 
 import MultiCommandPanel from "./multi-command-panel";
+import AppDecoration from "./app-decoration.jsx";
 
 import StagesFlow from "./stages-flow.json";
 import StagesPalette from "../../../../../test_resources/palettes/stagesPalette.json";
@@ -282,10 +283,25 @@ export default class StagesCanvas extends React.Component {
 	}
 
 	clickActionHandler(source) {
-		if (source.clickType === "DOUBLE_CLICK") {
+		if (source.objectType === "node" &&
+				source.clickType === "DOUBLE_CLICK") {
 			const node = this.canvasController.getNode(source.id, source.pipelineId);
+
 			if (node && node.type === "super_node") {
 				this.canvasController.displaySubPipelineForSupernode(source.id, source.pipelineId);
+
+			} else {
+				const decs = (this.canvasController.getNodeDecorations(source.id))
+					? null
+					: [{
+						id: "123",
+						jsx: (<AppDecoration node={node} />),
+						x_pos: -10,
+						y_pos: -115,
+						width: 250,
+						height: 90
+					}];
+				this.canvasController.setNodeDecorations(source.id, decs);
 			}
 		}
 	}