CSS: Make a block element fill the entire space of a parent element?

Question

I am trying to put a link in a element and have the element fill the entire space of the . While I can

Answer 1

In order to do this, you can set the HEIGHT of your "a" element in pixels instead of percentage.

If you specify a percentage, 100% will end up being the height of the TEXT itself.

A pixel height will give you a static height, and will work for this situation.

td a {height: 100px;}