Specify row height in cell style

Sometimes you have rows in a table that need to be a certain height. It would be great to be able to specify the height in a cell style.
Along the same line : add aid:crowheight attribute for tables in XML

Are you looking for the size like this (it appears when you have a row selected within the table):

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Is it possible to set the cell height in a cell style?

In the attached screenshot, the cell height is set to exactly 0.125. I put my cursor in the cell, then opened the cell styles panel and created a new cell style based on this cell. But when I apply the cell style to other cells, it does not apply the cell height. There were no overrides or other styles applied to the other cells. I also opened up the cell style definition from the cell styles panel, but don't see anywhere to set the cell height there either. Is there another way to do this that I am missing?

It is possible - and it's fairly simple.
To set the row height as part of the cell style, all you have to do is use the cell inset above and below. As long as you set the style as 'At least' then this works perfectly well for having predefined cell styles.
I have been using this successfully for large financial documents for some time without any hitches. For example I use it to get separation between sections within the tables by having a style with extra space above, and similarly for totals rows at the bottom of the table. It can of course also apply different stroke styles at the same time. Having the style set as 'At Least' also allows for multiple line entries to still have the correct spacing above and below.
So if you spend a bit of time calculating required heights and setting up your styles, then apply a keyboard shortcut to each style, you can then save a whole lot of time when formatting the document.
I've just finished nearly 400 pages of financials using this method over the past couple of days!
This solution may not suit your sitation, but if you have a lot of tables to get through it's got to be worth giving it a try.

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If you want to force it to be a certain height, you should change "At Least" to "Exactly." "At Least" does just what it says it does—it sets a minimum for the row height, but lets the max vary. It should like you want to rows to be "exactly" a certain height, even if it causes text to become overset.
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I have created a lot of tables in the same document, and now I want to change the height of them. I have used Table Styles and Cell Styles, to be able to change things like this in *one* place instead of the 100 different tables...
I can't find where I alter the Cell Height (aka Row Height) in any of the styles. What have I missed?
Please help!

@Andreas – nothing. You missed nothing. You cannot define cell height or width with cell styles…
However you can do so with scripting. But not directly in scripting a property of the cell style, but in iterating through all table cells, finding out its cell style and acting on the cell directly (height, minimumHeight, maximumHeight and autoGrow properties).
Another scenario would be using a special plug-in like "Smart Styles" from Woodwing.
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Is it possible to set the parameter "exact" or "almost" to define the height of a row in a table driven by a specific style??? I would like to set a specific hight to a cell style to control all cells with same style ...

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Da: Pat Willener
Inviato: mercoledì 10 settembre 2014 11:34
A: Michele Predolin
Oggetto: Row height driven by a style
Row height driven by a style
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Row height driven by a style

Is it possible to set the parameter "exact" or "almost" to define the height of a row in a table driven by a specific style??? I would like to set a specific hight to a cell style to control all cells with same style ...

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Da: Pat Willener
Inviato: mercoledì 10 settembre 2014 11:34
A: Michele Predolin
Oggetto: Row height driven by a style
Row height driven by a style
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Error Numnber:25
Error String: Expected:;
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File C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS6\Scripts\Scripts Panel\AutoFormatTablesWithCellStyles.jsx
Line:2
Source: 01.var myTable=
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