<!DOCTYPE html>
<link rel="help" href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1880550">
<link rel="help" href="https://drafts.csswg.org/css-tables/#height-distribution">
<link rel="match" href="table-cell-overflow-explicit-height-ref.html">
<style>
td {
  height: 20px;
  border: 2px solid cyan;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.tall {
  height: 300px;
  background: blue;
  border: 2px solid black;
}
</style>
<table border>
  <td>
    <div class="tall"></div>
    Can you see this text?
  </td>
</table>