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Comment by crab_galaxy | original | HTML Can Do That
[−]crab_galaxy · 2026-08-20 Thu 19:27 UTC · link
HTML describes the structure of a document, not really the layout.

If HTML had <inline> <block> <column> <row> or <grid> tags, sure. But CSS determines the layout via display/position properties.

[−]krapp · 2026-08-20 Thu 20:06 UTC · link
<span> is inline

<div> is block

<table>,<tr> and <td> are your grid, row and column.

CSS improves on describing layout with positioning but HTML was still doing that before CSS even came along.

[−]Zardoz84 · 2026-08-21 Fri 07:27 UTC · link
Suddenly it's 1999