How to fix height of TR?

Question

Is it possible to fix the height of a row (tr) on a table?

The problem appears when I shrink the window of the browser, some rows start playing around, and I can not fix the height of the row.

I tried several ways: tr width="20" / tr style="height:20px" / td height="20" / td style="height:20px"

I am using IE7

Style

.tableContainer{     color:#0076BF;     margin: -10px 0px -10px 0px;     border-spacing: 10px;     empty-cells:show;     width:90%;     text-align:left; }   .tableContainer tr td{     white-space:nowrap;     text-align:left; } 

HTML code.

<table class="tableContainer" cellspacing="10px">     <tr style="height:15px;">         <td>NHS Number</td>         <td>&#160;</td>         <td>Date of Visit</td>         <td>&#160;</td>         <td colspan="3">Care Time Started</td>         <td>&#160;</td>         <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom;">&#9745;</td>         <td rowspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;vertical-align:bottom;">Tick when<br/>                        care starts</td>     </tr>     <tr>         <td width="90" class="tableContainerRow2">&#160;</td>         <td >&#160;</td>         <td width="80" class="tableContainerRow2">&#160;</td>         <td >&#160;</td>         <td width="40" class="tableContainerRow2">&#160;</td>         <td  width="5">:</td>         <td width="40" class="tableContainerRow2">&#160;</td>                 <td >&#160;</td>     </tr> </table> 

Answer 1

Tables are iffy (at least, in IE) when it comes to fixing heights and not wrapping text. I think you'll find that the only solution is to put the text inside a div element, like so:

td.container > div {      width: 100%;      height: 100%;      overflow:hidden;  }  td.container {      height: 20px;  }

<table>      <tr>          <td class="container">              <div>This is a long line of text designed not to wrap                    when the container becomes too small.</div>          </td>      </tr>  </table>

This way, the div's height is that of the containing cell and the text cannot grow the div, keeping the cell/row the same height no matter what the window size is.

Answer 2

Try putting the height into one of the cells, like this:

<table class="tableContainer" cellspacing="10px">  <tr>   <td style="height:15px;">NHS Number</td>   <td>&#160;</td> 

Note however, that you won't be able to make the cell smaller than the content requires it to be. In that case you would have to make the text smaller first.