Setting a <button>'s display as table-cell

Question

I'm trying to set a button's display property as table-cell but it doesn't behave like one.

Any help would be appreciated.

jsFiddle Demo (The demo contains a fixed container height, but I need it to work without it).

No fixed sizes Demo.

DOM:

<div class="container">     <div class="item"></div>     <div class="item"></div>     <button class="item"></button> </div> 

CSS:

.container {     border: 5px solid blue;     display: table;     table-layout: fixed; } .item {     border: 3px solid red;     display: table-cell; } 

The result:

Edit: I need it to work entirely like a table cell, even without fixed sizes.

Note that some solutions seem to work fine on Chrome but don't work on FF.

Answer 1

How about using a label? That way you get the functionality of the button, but the visibility of the label. Tested in Firefox and Chrome. Updated example for form submission.

• No JavaScript is involved with the clickability of the cell region
• Works without a fixed height on the container
• Works when a different cell has a larger height than the one with the button
• Works with multiple button cells

HTML:

<form onsubmit="alert(); return false;">     <div class="container">         <div class="item">1</div>         <div class="item">2</div>         <div class="item">3</div>     </div>     <div class="container">         <div class="item">4</div>         <div class="item">5<br><br><br>Extended cell</div>         <label class="item">Button 1<button type="submit"></button></label>         <label class="item">Button 2<button type="submit"></button></label>     </div> </form> 

CSS:

.container {     margin: 10px;     border: 5px solid blue;     display: table;     table-layout: fixed;     width: 300px; } .item {     border: 3px solid red;     display: table-cell; } .item button {     background-color: transparent;     position: absolute;     left: -1000px;     height: 1px;     width: 1px;     overflow: hidden; } 

JSFiddle here.

Answer 2

http://jsfiddle.net/Rhhh7/7/

In this example I've wrapped the button in the div class="item" just like the other div's. But this time, I've styled the button separately to stretch to the height and width of the div.

.item button{ background:transparent; padding:0; border:0; width:100%; height:100%; } 

EDIT:

Here's the fix http://jsfiddle.net/Rhhh7/10/

To address the Firefox issue.

Add this to the class "item":

.item {     border: 3px solid red;     display: table-cell;     height:100%;     vertical-align:top; } 

In order for the td to have a height of 100%, the parent must have height of 100% as well. The vertical-align:top then sets the button to the top of the div instead of the default, middle.