Question

I want two tables to have the same height. If the left table contain longer text than the right table I want it to be as long as the left table.

This is how it looks now:

I can’t set the height because that would limit how much text you can write…

This is how I want it:

Code:

<table cellspacing='0' width='30%' align='left' class='rowA'> <tr>     <td>     Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem      accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa      quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta      sunt explicabo. 'Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit      voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque      ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae      dicta sunt explicabo.      </td> </tr> </table>  <table cellspacing='0' width='70%' align='right' class='rowB'> <tr>     <td>     Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do      eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut      enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris      nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor      in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat     nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident,      sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.     </td> </tr> </table> 

Answer 1

Can you use two side-by-side cells instead?

<table>   <tr>     <td style='width: 30%'>Left Column</td>     <td style='width: 70%'>Right Column</td>   </tr> </table> 

Edit – Just for completeness… if there is a technical reason someone HAS to use two separate containers such as divs or tables but you need them to be the same height, there is a small jQuery script that does just that which degrades nicely. It determines the tallest container then sets the other’s min-height attribute to match.