<html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="370525-style.css"/> </head> <body> rowspan=2 on the cell with the percent-height div, with specified height on table <table height="200px"> <tr> <td style="background: lightgreen" rowspan="2"> <div style="height: 150px"> height=75% / 150px </div> blah </td> <td style="background: lightblue"> first row, second column </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background: orange"> 2nd row, only column </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>