How to get span to take up the full height of the containing td

Question

I have a table, and in the left column I want to add an indicator for the row. I\'m using a span to render the indicator, but I can\'t get the span to take up the full height:

Answer 1

Should add overflow:auto to the span (and display:block of course)

   

      
 
      
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