JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<table>
    <tr>
        <td width="100"><a href="#">some text</a></td>
        <td>some more text</td>
    </tr>
</table>

CSS

tr {
    position:relative;
}

tr a {
    display:block;
    width:98%;
    position:absolute; top:10px; left:10px; z-index:10;
}