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<input type="submit">

HTML element · 12 supported, 1 partial, 7 unsupported across 21 clients

12 of 21 email clients render <input type="submit"> fully (Sep 2, 2026 data); it breaks outright in Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic and 4 more.

  • 4/7 webmail, 2/6 desktop, 6/8 mobile clients support <input type="submit"> fully.
  • Unsupported in Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook for Mac and 3 more.
  • Partial in Gmail iOS, behavior differs from browsers, test before relying on it.
  • Outlook Classic (Word engine, supported to at least 2029) does not fully support <input type="submit">, and its replacement changes little here; see the deprecation diff.
  • Across all clients, only 6 of 298 tracked HTML/CSS features render identically everywhere.

Source: caniemail.com (MIT), via the Emailens engine. Last tested upstream Sep 10, 2019, synced by Emailens Sep 2, 2026.

Client Support

ClientCategoryEngineSupport
GmailwebmailGmail WebSupported
Gmail AndroidmobileGmail MobileSupported
Gmail iOSmobileGmail MobilePartialSee caveat 1
Outlook 365webmailOutlook WebUnsupported
Outlook (New)desktopOutlook WebUnsupported
Outlook ClassicdesktopMicrosoft WordUnsupported
Outlook iOSmobileOutlook MobileSupported
Outlook AndroidmobileOutlook MobileSupported
Outlook for MacdesktopWebKitUnsupported
Apple MaildesktopWebKitSupported
Apple Mail iOSmobileWebKitSupported
Yahoo MailwebmailYahooSupported
Yahoo Mail AndroidmobileYahooSupported
Yahoo Mail iOSmobileYahooUnsupported
Samsung MailmobileSamsungSupported
ThunderbirddesktopGeckoSupported
HEY MailwebmailWebKitUnsupported
Proton MailwebmailProtonUnsupported
AOL MailwebmailAOLSupported
FastmailwebmailFastmailSupported
SuperhumandesktopBlinkUnknown

Documented caveats (1)

  1. 1.Gmail iOS: Partial. Not supported with non Google accounts.

Caveats recorded by caniemail.com (MIT) and carried verbatim, one entry per wording rather than per client.

Client-by-client behaviour for <input type="submit">

Fully supports <input type="submit"> (12): Gmail, Gmail Android, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, AOL Mail, Fastmail.

Partial support (1): Gmail iOS. Expect rendering quirks unique to each engine. Partial support typically means a subset of values, an ignored shorthand, or sanitizer-specific rewrites.

No support (7): Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook for Mac, Yahoo Mail iOS, HEY Mail, Proton Mail. Plan fallbacks for these clients before relying on <input type="submit"> in production sends.

Behaviour unverified in: Superhuman.

Fixes & Workarounds

Outlook 365

Unsupported

`<input type="submit">` is not supported in this email client.

Outlook (New)

Unsupported

`<input type="submit">` is not supported in this email client.

Outlook Classic

Unsupported

`<input type="submit">` is not supported in this email client.

Outlook for Mac

Unsupported

`<input type="submit">` is not supported in this email client.

Yahoo Mail iOS

Unsupported

`<input type="submit">` is not supported in this email client.

HEY Mail

Unsupported

`<input type="submit">` is not supported in this email client.

Proton Mail

Unsupported

`<input type="submit">` is not supported in this email client.

Gmail iOS

Partial

`<input type="submit">` is not supported in this email client.

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caniemail.com (MIT) records Sep 10, 2019 as the last time <input type="submit"> was tested in a real client, 6 years before this sync. Syncing copies that result forward, it does not re-test it. Carried in @emailens/engine data v0.12.2.