box-shadow in Gmail
Not supported box-shadow is not supported in Gmail.
Works in 14 of 21 · partial in 2 · not supported in 5
Which clients
- Works
- Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman
- Partial
- Gmail Android, Gmail iOS
- Not supported
- Gmail, Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, AOL Mail
Your reader in Gmail sees the email without box-shadow, even if it looks right where you tested it.
What to do instead in Gmail
Use border as a fallback for box-shadow
.card {
border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;
/* box-shadow as progressive enhancement */
box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
}Show the original
.card {
box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
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What Gmail does with box-shadow
@emailens/engine 0.18.22 on the original code
Gmail does not support "box-shadow".
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fix
Questions
- How many email clients support box-shadow?
- It works in 14 of 21, partial in 2, not supported in 5.
- What do I use instead of box-shadow in Gmail?
- Use border as a fallback for box-shadow.
- Does box-shadow work in Gmail iOS?
- box-shadow is partly supported in Gmail iOS. Closest to Gmail: Gmail iOS, which agrees on 251 of the 300 features both are tested on.
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Real captures 14 Oct 2026 on 11 installs · caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 20 Dec 2023 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping · the Gmail capture is not counted (it skips Gmail's sanitiser)