Make link in table cell fill the entire row height

Question

I have a table of data and each cell is a link. I want to allow the user to click anywhere in the table cell and have them follow the link. Sometimes the table cells are m

Answer 1

You need a small change in your CSS. Making td height:100%; works for IE 8 and FF 3.6, but it doesn't work for Chrome.

td {
  width: 200px;
  border: solid 1px green;
  height: 100%
}
td a {
  display: block;
  height:100%;
  width:100%;
}

But making height to 50px works for Chrome in addition to IE and FF

td {
  width: 200px;
  border: solid 1px green;
  height: 50px
}
td a {
  display: block;
  height:100%;
  width:100%;
}

Edit:

You have given the solution yourself in another post here; which is to use display: inline-block;. This works when combined with my solution for Chrome, FF3.6, IE8

td {
  width: 200px;
  border: solid 1px green;
  height: 100%}
td a {
  display: inline-block;
  height:100%;
  width:100%;
}

Update

The following code is working for me in IE8, FF3.6 and chrome.

CSS

td {
  width: 200px;
  border: solid 1px green;
  height: 100%;
}
td a {
  display: inline-block;
  height:100%;
  width:100%;
}
td a:hover {
  background-color: yellow;
}

HTML

  

    

      

        Cell 1

        second line
      
      

        Cell 2
      
      

        Cell 3
      
      

        Cell 4
      
    
  

The example lays here