# Table Cell expanding by itself! **URL:** \ **Category:** web dev\ **Created:** [July 24, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/table-cell-expanding-by-itself/156300 "2005-07-24T22:39:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tedc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@tedc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tedc)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/table-cell-expanding-by-itself/156300/1 "2005-07-24T22:39:27Z")
Hi! I am working on this design, but I can’t even get the basics going: really strange behaviour. This is my html page: ```auto Untitled Document
     
 
     
``` Now, the problem is, the center stripe that goes across the middle, horizontally, I need to put content in there, that should be 261 pixels high, but if I put an image in there thats 261px high, then the whole center band stretches completely! I don’t understand why it’s doing that! I can’t seem to find another way around it… Any ideas you table wizards? C:-) PS: you can see what I mean exactly if you just make the height of that middle cell 261px and the whole thing blows out of proportion…