I have this table with three columns, with the middle column spanning multiple rows.

The default html behaviour is to try and maximise how much horizontal space is used, before using vertical space.

However, I want the middle column to fill up vertical space before it starts spreading out horizontally – I want that column to be as thin as possible.

How can I tell html to do this?

@elomatreb I'll do this if I have to, but I have more than 300 of these tables, each with a different amount of text in them, so I'd prefer to do it in a dynamic way (I don't want the first column to become elongated unless absolutely necessary)