border-inline-longhand
CSS property · 5 supported, 0 partial, 12 unsupported across 21 clients
As of Sep 2, 2026, border-inline-longhand fails or degrades in 16 of 21 email clients, treat it as progressive enhancement, never structure.
- 1/7 webmail, 2/6 desktop, 2/8 mobile clients support border-inline-longhand fully.
- Unsupported in Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365 and 8 more.
- Outlook Classic (Word engine, supported to at least 2029) does not fully support border-inline-longhand, and its replacement changes little here; see the deprecation diff.
- Across all clients, only 6 of 298 tracked HTML/CSS features render identically everywhere.
Source: caniemail.com (MIT), via the Emailens engine. Last tested upstream Jul 14, 2022, synced by Emailens Sep 2, 2026.
Client Support
| Client | Category | Engine | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gmail | webmail | Gmail Web | Unsupported |
| Gmail Android | mobile | Gmail Mobile | Unsupported |
| Gmail iOS | mobile | Gmail Mobile | Unsupported |
| Outlook 365 | webmail | Outlook Web | Unsupported |
| Outlook (New) | desktop | Outlook Web | Unsupported |
| Outlook Classic | desktop | Microsoft Word | Unsupported |
| Outlook iOS | mobile | Outlook Mobile | Unsupported |
| Outlook Android | mobile | Outlook Mobile | Unsupported |
| Outlook for Mac | desktop | WebKit | Supported |
| Apple Mail | desktop | WebKit | Supported |
| Apple Mail iOS | mobile | WebKit | Supported |
| Yahoo Mail | webmail | Yahoo | Unsupported |
| Yahoo Mail Android | mobile | Yahoo | Unsupported |
| Yahoo Mail iOS | mobile | Yahoo | Unsupported |
| Samsung Mail | mobile | Samsung | Supported |
| Thunderbird | desktop | Gecko | Unknown |
| HEY Mail | webmail | WebKit | Unknown |
| Proton Mail | webmail | Proton | Supported |
| AOL Mail | webmail | AOL | Unsupported |
| Fastmail | webmail | Fastmail | Unknown |
| Superhuman | desktop | Blink | Unknown |
Client-by-client behaviour for border-inline-longhand
Fully supports border-inline-longhand (5): Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Proton Mail.
No support (12): Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, AOL Mail. Plan fallbacks for these clients before relying on border-inline-longhand in production sends.
Behaviour unverified in: Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman.
Fixes & Workarounds
Gmail
Unsupported"border-inline-longhand" is not supported in this email client.
Gmail Android
Unsupported"border-inline-longhand" is not supported in this email client.
Gmail iOS
Unsupported"border-inline-longhand" is not supported in this email client.
Outlook 365
Unsupported"border-inline-longhand" is not supported in this email client.
Outlook (New)
Unsupported"border-inline-longhand" is not supported in this email client.
Outlook Classic
Unsupported"border-inline-longhand" is not supported in this email client.
Outlook iOS
Unsupported"border-inline-longhand" is not supported in this email client.
Outlook Android
Unsupported"border-inline-longhand" is not supported in this email client.
Yahoo Mail
Unsupported"border-inline-longhand" is not supported in this email client.
Yahoo Mail Android
Unsupported"border-inline-longhand" is not supported in this email client.
Yahoo Mail iOS
Unsupported"border-inline-longhand" is not supported in this email client.
AOL Mail
Unsupported"border-inline-longhand" is not supported in this email client.
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caniemail.com (MIT) records Jul 14, 2022 as the last time border-inline-longhand was tested in a real client, 4 years before this sync. Syncing copies that result forward, it does not re-test it. Carried in @emailens/engine data v0.12.2.