Posted by Ben C on 01/14/08 11:33

On 2008-01-14, richard <I.dont.care@do.you> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:50:45 -0600, Ben C <spamspam@spam.eggs> wrote:
[...]
>>You can usually "force" the exact height like this:
>>
>> <td style="height: 200px">
>> <div style="height: 200px; overflow: hidden">
>> contents
>> </div>
>> </td>
>>
>>You don't have to use overflow: hidden of course-- overflow: scroll
>>might be a better choice.
>
> I've seen a few examples of overflow:scroll, where the window created
> was so small, that scrolling with the bar was almost impossible. One
> must consider just how much data is going to be presented in that
> window if scrolling is used.

I agree. Overflow: scroll is fairly horrible. It's generally annoying
to have independently scrolling sub-regions of the page.

But overflow: hidden is a problem because the overflowing content is
hidden.

In general it's better to discourage overflow in the first place and use
overflow: visible.

But the OP asked for a way to make his cells 200px high regardless of
their contents, and this is a way.

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