gap in Gmail Android
Partial gap is partly supported in Gmail Android.
Supports column-gap for flexbox.
Works in 7 of 21 · partial in 9 · not supported in 5
Which clients
- Works
- Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, Superhuman
- Partial
- Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Fastmail
- Not supported
- Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, AOL Mail
Your reader in Gmail Android may not see gap the way you wrote it, even if it looks right where you tested it.
What to do instead in Gmail Android
Use padding or margin on child elements instead of gap
<table role="presentation" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 16px;">Item 1</td>
<td style="padding-right: 16px;">Item 2</td>
<td>Item 3</td>
</tr>
</table>Show the original
<div style="display: flex; gap: 16px;">
<div>Item 1</div>
<div>Item 2</div>
<div>Item 3</div>
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What Gmail Android does with gap
caniemail record, tested upstream 28 Dec 2022
- Partial. Supports column-gap for flexbox.
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fix
Questions
- How many email clients support gap?
- It works in 7 of 21, partial in 9, not supported in 5.
- What do I use instead of gap in Gmail Android?
- Use padding or margin on child elements instead of gap.
- Does gap work in Gmail iOS?
- gap is partly supported in Gmail iOS. Closest to Gmail Android: Gmail iOS, which agrees on 273 of the 300 features both are tested on.
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caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 28 Dec 2022 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping