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list-style-position

CSS property · 18 supported, 0 partial, 2 unsupported across 21 clients

list-style-position is safe in 18 of 21 email clients as of Sep 2, 2026, the holdouts are Outlook (New), Outlook Classic.

  • 7/7 webmail, 3/6 desktop, 8/8 mobile clients support list-style-position fully.
  • Unsupported in Outlook (New), Outlook Classic.
  • Outlook Classic (Word engine, supported to at least 2029) does not fully support list-style-position, 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 Apr 20, 2020, synced by Emailens Sep 2, 2026.

Client Support

ClientCategoryEngineSupport
GmailwebmailGmail WebSupported
Gmail AndroidmobileGmail MobileSupported
Gmail iOSmobileGmail MobileSupported
Outlook 365webmailOutlook WebSupported
Outlook (New)desktopOutlook WebUnsupportedSee caveat 1
Outlook ClassicdesktopMicrosoft WordUnsupportedSee caveat 1
Outlook iOSmobileOutlook MobileSupported
Outlook AndroidmobileOutlook MobileSupported
Outlook for MacdesktopWebKitSupported
Apple MaildesktopWebKitSupported
Apple Mail iOSmobileWebKitSupported
Yahoo MailwebmailYahooSupported
Yahoo Mail AndroidmobileYahooSupported
Yahoo Mail iOSmobileYahooSupported
Samsung MailmobileSamsungSupported
ThunderbirddesktopGeckoSupported
HEY MailwebmailWebKitSupported
Proton MailwebmailProtonSupported
AOL MailwebmailAOLSupported
FastmailwebmailFastmailSupported
SuperhumandesktopBlinkUnknown

Documented caveats (1)

  1. 1.Outlook (New), Outlook Classic: Not supported, but the proprietary mso-text-indent-alt property can be used instead.

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

Client-by-client behaviour for list-style-position

Fully supports list-style-position (18): Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, 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.

No support (2): Outlook (New), Outlook Classic. Plan fallbacks for these clients before relying on list-style-position in production sends.

Behaviour unverified in: Superhuman.

Fixes & Workarounds

Outlook (New)

Unsupported

"list-style-position" is not supported in this email client.

Outlook Classic

Unsupported

"list-style-position" is not supported in this email client.

Related Features

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caniemail.com (MIT) records Apr 20, 2020 as the last time list-style-position 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.