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display:grid in Gmail iOS

Partial display:grid is partly supported in Gmail iOS.

Not supported with non Google accounts.

Works in 18 of 21 · partial in 2 · not supported in 1

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

Your reader in Gmail iOS may not see display:grid the way you wrote it, even if it looks right where you tested it.

The fix for Gmail iOS

Replace CSS Grid with table layout for email compatibility

after 
<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td width="50%" style="padding: 8px;" valign="top">
      Item 1
    </td>
    <td width="50%" style="padding: 8px;" valign="top">
      Item 2
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
Show the original
before 
<div style="display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 16px;">
  <div>Item 1</div>
  <div>Item 2</div>
</div>

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What Gmail iOS does with display:grid

caniemail record, tested upstream 28 Feb 2019

  • Not supported with non Google accounts.

Your next question

Every feature in Gmail iOS · display:grid in every client

Questions

How many email clients support display:grid?
It works in 18 of 21, partial in 2, not supported in Outlook Classic.
What do I use instead of display:grid in Gmail iOS?
Replace CSS Grid with table layout for email compatibility.
Does display:grid work in Gmail Android?
display:grid is partly supported in Gmail Android. Closest to Gmail iOS: Gmail Android, which agrees on 273 of the 300 features both are tested on.

To see what else in your email Gmail iOS does not support, paste the whole email.

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Real captures 14 Oct 2026 on 11 installs · caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 28 Feb 2019 · 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)