◆ HTML

Retrieve the position (X,Y) of an HTML element

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

4prompts

The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskFind the exact pixel coordinates for the 'Submit' button on the contact form page, so I can…+
Find the exact pixel coordinates for the 'Submit' button on the contact form page, so I can tell the analytics team where to track clicks.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore I hand off the new product page, make sure the 'Add to Cart' button's position stays…+
Before I hand off the new product page, make sure the 'Add to Cart' button's position stays consistent across different screen sizes, especially on phones, so users always see it clearly.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentThe new hero image is pushing our 'Learn More' button off the bottom of the screen on smaller…+
The new hero image is shifting the 'Learn More' button off-screen for some users, and I'm getting complaints.
The new hero image is pushing our 'Learn More' button off the bottom of the screen on smaller devices, and I'm getting frustrated emails from the marketing team. I can't tell if it's the image's height or the button's margin causing the issue, or something else entirely. What's the most likely culprit and what should I try first to lock that button into a stable, visible position for everyone?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI'm constantly losing time trying to perfectly align or overlap elements on the page,…+
I keep struggling to precisely position elements that need to overlap or align perfectly without breaking responsiveness.
I'm constantly losing time trying to perfectly align or overlap elements on the page, especially when things need to be responsive. I end up guessing and checking for hours. What habit should I change to more efficiently and accurately position elements, especially when they interact with each other in complex ways?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from HTML's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.