A common issue which Wicket developers face is the need for an AJAX update of the HTML output of a repeater (such as a ListView) which is part of a HTML table (where the repeating element is represented by a single <tr wicket:id=”mylist”> line in the table). The problem is that you can’t just use “target.addComponent(mylist)” – you need some kind of container around the repeater. Using a nested table or div as a container may interfere with your table layout.
The solution is to use a <tbody wicket:id=”mylistcontainer”> tag around the <tr> which you can add to your page with a WebMarkupContainer and then pass to target.addComponent. It provides you with a container around one or more table rows which you can address from Wicket without messing up your table layout.