[Solved] Why Doesn’t HTML Use A Coordinate-Based Format?

Question

Because it has CSS and the Box Model instead. They are simple, very flexible and allow greater control than using just co-ordinates. You can use pixel values and the ‘absolute’ positioning attribute to get something similar to what you would like but there is many scenarios where just this is not ideal.

Accepted Answer

Because it has CSS and the Box Model instead. They are simple, very flexible and allow greater control than using just co-ordinates. You can use pixel values and the ‘absolute’ positioning attribute to get something similar to what you would like but there is many scenarios where just this is not ideal.