object-fit in Gmail Android
Partial object-fit is partly supported in Gmail Android.
Not supported with non Google accounts.
Works in 14 of 21 · partial in 2 · not supported in 5
Which clients
- Works
- Gmail, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman
- Partial
- Gmail Android, Gmail iOS
- Not supported
- Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, AOL Mail
Your reader in Gmail Android may not see object-fit the way you wrote it, even if it looks right where you tested it.
What to do instead in Gmail Android
Use width/height attributes instead of object-fit
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What Gmail Android does with object-fit
caniemail record, tested upstream 15 Jul 2021
- Partial. Not supported with non Google accounts.
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Questions
- How many email clients support object-fit?
- It works in 14 of 21, partial in 2, not supported in 5.
- What do I use instead of object-fit in Gmail Android?
- Use width/height attributes instead of object-fit.
- Does object-fit work in Gmail iOS?
- object-fit 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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