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HTML

<div class="table">
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 1 (baseline: no hiding)
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 2
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 3
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 4
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 5
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 6
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="table">
    <div class="row hide">
        <div class="data">
        Row 1
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 2 (row 1 hidden)
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 3
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 4
        </div>
    </div>
        <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 5
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
    <div class="data">
        Row 6
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="table">
    <div class="row hide">
        <div class="data">
        Row 1
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row hide">
        <div class="data">
        Row 2
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 3 (first 2 rows hidden)
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 4
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 5
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 6
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="table">
    <div class="row">
        <div class="data">
        Row 1 (three rows hidden)
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row hide">
        <div class="data">
        Row 2
        </div>
    </div>
    <div...

CSS

.table {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 10px;
    vertical-align: top;
    background-color: #888888;
    background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 0 100%, color-stop(.5, rgba(255, 255, 255, .4)), color-stop(.5, transparent), to(transparent));
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .4) 50%, transparent 50%, transparent);
background-image: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .4) 50%, transparent 50%, transparent);
background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .4) 50%, transparent 50%, transparent);
    -webkit-background-size: 100% 2.4em;
    -moz-background-size: 100% 2.4em;
    background-size: 100% 2.4em;
}

.row {
    line-height: 1.2;
    font-size: 1em;
}

.hide {
    display: none;
}