How many email clients support box-sizing?

It works in 16 of 21, not supported in 5.

Does box-sizing work in Apple Mail?

box-sizing works in Apple Mail. Closest to Thunderbird: Apple Mail, which agrees on 219 of the 261 features both are tested on.

box-sizing in Thunderbird

Works box-sizing works in Thunderbird.

Works in 16 of 21 · not supported in 5

Which clients

Works: Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman
Not supported: Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, AOL Mail

The fix for the clients that need it

Needed in 5 of 21: Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android and 2 more.

Account for padding in width manually (no box-sizing)

instead

5 lines

<div style="width: 300px;">
  <div style="padding: 20px;">
    Content; padding on inner element
  </div>
</div>

Show the original

before

4 lines

<div style="width: 300px; padding: 20px;
            box-sizing: border-box;">
  Content; total width stays 300px
</div>

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How many email clients support box-sizing?: It works in 16 of 21, not supported in 5.
Does box-sizing work in Apple Mail?: box-sizing works in Apple Mail. Closest to Thunderbird: Apple Mail, which agrees on 219 of the 261 features both are tested on.

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