# Forcing TD or TR to limit height

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forcing-td-or-tr-to-limit-height/275981>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [November 20, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forcing-td-or-tr-to-limit-height/275981 "2008-11-20T22:40:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![BuG56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BuG56](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BuG56)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/forcing-td-or-tr-to-limit-height/275981/1 "2008-11-20T22:40:17Z")

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Hello all, I was just wondering if you could help me out with a little problem I seem to be having. You see, I have the following layout ( basically )

\<tr\>  
\<td\>  
\<div\>  
\<script\>Javascript that places a flash file here\</script\>  
\</div\>  
\</td\>  
\</tr\>

The flash file is a sort of search bar, that has the option to apply filters. When you click filters, The bottom part of the flash file is unmasked ( transparent background ) So it’s supposed to look like it’s overlapping all the static html underneath it (Kind of like a drop down menu) . The only problem is, the TD automatically adjusts itself to the entire movie’s height ( 400px ) to fit the initially masked content. I was just wondering how I could force the TD ( or TR) to be **no bigger** than, say 20px? I’ve tried screwing with the overflow, and obviously the height but I still have found no success. Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.