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gap in Yahoo Mail

Not supported gap is not supported in Yahoo Mail.

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 Yahoo Mail sees the email without gap, even if it looks right where you tested it.

The fix for Yahoo Mail

Use padding or margin on child elements instead of gap

after
<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
before
<div style="display: flex; gap: 16px;">
  <div>Item 1</div>
  <div>Item 2</div>
  <div>Item 3</div>
</div>

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What Yahoo Mail does with gap

@emailens/engine 0.18.22 on the original code

Yahoo Mail does not support "gap".

Your next question

Every feature in Yahoo Mail · gap in every client

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 Yahoo Mail?
Use padding or margin on child elements instead of gap.
Does gap work in Yahoo Mail iOS?
gap is not supported in Yahoo Mail iOS. Closest to Yahoo Mail: Yahoo Mail iOS, which agrees on 282 of the 298 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