Javadoc uses HTML tables for various summaries such as module, package, class, and various member summaries. While HTML tables where the only way to display information in a grid-like structure for a long time, current web browsers support a more modern and flexible technology called CSS Grid Layout[1][2].

[1]: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-grid-1/
[2]: https://developer.mozilla.org/de/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layout

CSS Grid Layout provides flexibility compared to HTML tables by not requiring the layout of grid elements to be encoded in the HTML reflecting the grid's structure or even using specific element types. The layout of grid elements is defined fully in CSS. This allows us to simplify the structure of the HTML we generate and apply different layout strategies depending on the current browsing environment such as the size of the display or the browser window.

CSS Grid Layout is well supported in modern browsers[3].

[3]: https://caniuse.com/css-grid