diff --git a/demos/sortable/placeholder.html b/demos/sortable/placeholder.html
index 1f356637b0..c1f104d680 100644
--- a/demos/sortable/placeholder.html
+++ b/demos/sortable/placeholder.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<link type="text/css" href="../demos.css" rel="stylesheet" />
 	<style type="text/css">
 	#sortable { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 60%; }
-	#sortable li { margin: 0 5px 5px 5px; padding: 5px; font-size: 1.2em; }
+	#sortable li { margin: 0 5px 5px 5px; padding: 5px; font-size: 1.2em; height: 1.5em; }
 	html>body #sortable li { height: 1.5em; line-height: 1.2em; }
 	.ui-state-highlight { height: 1.5em; line-height: 1.2em; }
 	</style>