diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/FlagWidget.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/FlagWidget.js
index 5d891b3bb..da71ac04a 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/FlagWidget.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/FlagWidget.js
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ const FlagWidget = (props) => {
                 </tr>
               );
             })
-            : <tr><td colSpan="2">{lang.t('dashboard.no_flags')}</td></tr>
+            : <tr className={styles.rowLinkify}><td colSpan="2">{lang.t('dashboard.no_flags')}</td></tr>
+          }
+          { /* rows in a table with a fixed height will expand and ignore height.
+                this extra row will expand to fill the extra space. */
+            assets.length < 10 ? <tr></tr> : null
           }
         </tbody>
       </table>
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/LikeWidget.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/LikeWidget.js
index d628c2e11..25e851966 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/LikeWidget.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/LikeWidget.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const LikeWidget = (props) => {
             ? assets.map(asset => {
               const likeSummary = asset.action_summaries.find(s => s.type === 'LikeAssetActionSummary');
               return (
-                <tr key={asset.id}>
+                <tr className={styles.rowLinkify} key={asset.id}>
                   <td>
                     <Link className={styles.linkToAsset} to={`/admin/moderate/flagged/${asset.id}`}>
                       <p className={styles.assetTitle}>{asset.title}</p>
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ const LikeWidget = (props) => {
                 </tr>
               );
             })
-            : <tr><td colSpan="2">{lang.t('dashboard.no_likes')}</td></tr>
+            : <tr className={styles.rowLinkify}><td colSpan="2">{lang.t('dashboard.no_likes')}</td></tr>
+          }
+          { /* rows in a table with a fixed height will expand and ignore height.
+                this extra row will expand to fill the extra space. */
+            assets.length < 10 ? <tr></tr> : null
           }
         </tbody>
       </table>
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Widget.css b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Widget.css
index a99c2febd..cb764d9cc 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Widget.css
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Dashboard/Widget.css
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+:root {
+  --row-height: 80px;
+}
+
 .widget {
   box-sizing: border-box;
   margin: 10px 5px 5px 5px;
@@ -18,6 +22,7 @@
   width: 100%;
   border-collapse: collapse;
   user-select: none;
+  height: calc(var(--row-height) * 10);
 }
 
 .widgetTable thead th {
@@ -35,6 +40,7 @@
   cursor: pointer;
   border-bottom: 1px solid lightgrey;
   color: #555;
+  height: var(--row-height);
 }
 
 .rowLinkify:last-child {