I am desperately trying to make a select tag fit in a table cell like it belongs there, not like someone wedged it in with a crowbar. Here is the code followed by the picture o
From your question, I understand that this is what you want:
http://jsfiddle.net/8vwV3/
table { border-collapse: collapse; } td { border: 1px solid #999; padding:3px 10px; } td select { border: none; }