I'd recommend using a listview and use CSS to lay it out as you mentioned. A data table is really useful when dealing with columnar data that needs pagination and sorting.
On Saturday, May 14, 2011, malebu <milton.qura...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://apache-wicket.1842946.n4.nabble.com/file/n3523546/Screen_shot_2011-05-14_at_9.55.31_PM.png > > I need to create a table like the attached image. I am not seasoned in > wicket. I am not able to analyze where to start. I was able to create a > DataTable but could not figure out how to get it started. > > I get a list of category heads from a table as an object in list i.e. > > List<CategoryType> types = db.getCategoryTypes(); > > I need to iterate through the list and populate the table with empty column > with vertical line background and empty rows after each category display. > > Any help would be really appreciated. I am currently stuck at this. > > The code is as follows: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> > <head> > > </head> > > <body> > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" > id="category"> > <tr> > <td width="296" align="center"> > Category 1 > </td> > <td width="23" rowspan="8" align="center" > background="images/vertical_line_black.png"> </td> > <td width="374" align="center"> > Category 3 > </td> > <td width="27" rowspan="8" align="center" > background="images/vertical_line_black.png"> </td> > <td width="515" align="center"> > Category 5 > </td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td align="center">Sub category 1</td> > <td align="center">Sub category 1</td> > <td align="center">Sub category 1</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td align="center">Sub category 2</td> > <td align="center">Sub category 2</td> > <td align="center">Sub category 2</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td align="center"> </td> > <td align="center"> </td> > <td align="center"> </td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td align="center"> > Category 2 > </td> > <td align="center"> > Category 4 > </td> > <td align="center"> > Category 6 > </td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td align="center">Sub category 1</td> > <td align="center">Sub category 1</td> > <td align="center">Sub category 1</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td align="center">Sub category 2</td> > <td align="center">Sub category 2</td> > <td align="center">Sub category 2</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td align="center"> </td> > <td align="center"> </td> > <td align="center"> </td> > </tr> > </table> > </body> > </html> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > View this message in context: > http://apache-wicket.1842946.n4.nabble.com/Create-Datatable-with-empty-columns-and-rows-tp3523546p3523546.html > Sent from the Users forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
