Let content priority drive the stack
Use content priority to decide what remains visible, what collapses, and what moves lower at narrow widths.
The move: rank the decision before arranging the boxes. A narrow viewport is a forcing function. If everything remains equally important, the user pays with scrolling, memory, and missed actions. Use content priority to decide what appears first, what stays attached, and what can wait. Start with the user's next decision. What fact changes their action? What control helps them understand that fact? What context is merely reassuring? This separates essential content from supporting content. It also prevents a common responsive mistake: preserving the desktop visual order even when the mobile decision path gets worse. Progressive disclosure is not hiding…
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