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object-position

CSS property · 13 supported, 2 partial, 6 unsupported across 21 clients

13 of 21 email clients render object-position fully (Sep 2, 2026 data); it breaks outright in Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail and 3 more.

  • 5/7 webmail, 4/6 desktop, 4/8 mobile clients support object-position fully.
  • Unsupported in Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android and 2 more.
  • Partial in Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, behavior differs from browsers, test before relying on it.
  • Outlook Classic (Word engine, supported to at least 2029) does not fully support object-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 Jul 15, 2021, synced by Emailens Sep 2, 2026.

Client Support

ClientCategoryEngineSupport
GmailwebmailGmail WebSupported
Gmail AndroidmobileGmail MobilePartialSee caveat 1
Gmail iOSmobileGmail MobilePartialSee caveat 1
Outlook 365webmailOutlook WebSupported
Outlook (New)desktopOutlook WebUnsupported
Outlook ClassicdesktopMicrosoft WordUnsupported
Outlook iOSmobileOutlook MobileSupported
Outlook AndroidmobileOutlook MobileSupported
Outlook for MacdesktopWebKitSupported
Apple MaildesktopWebKitSupported
Apple Mail iOSmobileWebKitSupported
Yahoo MailwebmailYahooUnsupported
Yahoo Mail AndroidmobileYahooUnsupported
Yahoo Mail iOSmobileYahooUnsupported
Samsung MailmobileSamsungSupported
ThunderbirddesktopGeckoSupported
HEY MailwebmailWebKitSupported
Proton MailwebmailProtonSupported
AOL MailwebmailAOLUnsupported
FastmailwebmailFastmailSupported
SuperhumandesktopBlinkSupported

Documented caveats (1)

  1. 1.Gmail Android, 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 object-position

Fully supports object-position (13): Gmail, Outlook 365, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman.

Partial support (2): Gmail Android, 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 (6): Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, AOL Mail. Plan fallbacks for these clients before relying on object-position in production sends.

Fixes & Workarounds

Outlook (New)

Unsupported

"object-position" is not supported in this email client.

Outlook Classic

Unsupported

"object-position" is not supported in this email client.

Yahoo Mail

Unsupported

"object-position" is not supported in this email client.

Yahoo Mail Android

Unsupported

"object-position" is not supported in this email client.

Yahoo Mail iOS

Unsupported

"object-position" is not supported in this email client.

AOL Mail

Unsupported

"object-position" is not supported in this email client.

Gmail Android

Partial

"object-position" is not supported in this email client.

Gmail iOS

Partial

"object-position" is not supported in this email client.

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caniemail.com (MIT) records Jul 15, 2021 as the last time object-position was tested in a real client, 5 years before this sync. Syncing copies that result forward, it does not re-test it. Carried in @emailens/engine data v0.12.2.