CSS Properties

overflow-wrap

CSS property · 2 supported, 2 partial, 9 unsupported across 15 clients

Client Support

Client	Category	Engine	Support
Gmail	webmail	Gmail Web	Unsupported
Gmail Android	mobile	Gmail Mobile	Unsupported
Gmail iOS	mobile	Gmail Mobile	Unsupported
Outlook 365	webmail	Outlook Web	Unsupported
Outlook (New)	desktop	Outlook Web	Unsupported
Outlook Classic	desktop	Microsoft Word	Unsupported
Outlook iOS	mobile	Outlook Mobile	Unsupported
Outlook Android	mobile	Outlook Mobile	Unsupported
Apple Mail	desktop	WebKit	Partial
Apple Mail iOS	mobile	WebKit	Partial
Yahoo Mail	webmail	Yahoo	Unsupported
Samsung Mail	mobile	Samsung	Supported
Thunderbird	desktop	Gecko	Unknown
HEY Mail	webmail	WebKit	Unknown
Superhuman	desktop	Blink	Supported

Client-by-client behaviour for overflow-wrap

Fully supports overflow-wrap (2): Samsung Mail, Superhuman.

Partial support (2): Apple Mail, Apple Mail 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 (9): Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Yahoo Mail. Plan fallbacks for these clients before relying on overflow-wrap in production sends.

Behaviour unverified in: Thunderbird, HEY Mail.

Fixes & Workarounds

Gmail

Unsupported

Wrap text in a <table><td> to force wrapping. overflow-wrap is ignored by Outlook and unreliable in Yahoo.

Before

<p style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
  https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
</p>

After

<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;
               word-break: break-all;">
      https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Use a table cell to force word wrapping without overflow-wrap

Gmail Android

Unsupported

Wrap text in a <table><td> to force wrapping. overflow-wrap is ignored by Outlook and unreliable in Yahoo.

Before

<p style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
  https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
</p>

After

<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;
               word-break: break-all;">
      https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Use a table cell to force word wrapping without overflow-wrap

Gmail iOS

Unsupported

Wrap text in a <table><td> to force wrapping. overflow-wrap is ignored by Outlook and unreliable in Yahoo.

Before

<p style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
  https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
</p>

After

<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;
               word-break: break-all;">
      https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Use a table cell to force word wrapping without overflow-wrap

Outlook 365

Unsupported

Wrap text in a <table><td> to force wrapping. overflow-wrap is ignored by Outlook and unreliable in Yahoo.

Before

<p style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
  https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
</p>

After

<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;
               word-break: break-all;">
      https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Use a table cell to force word wrapping without overflow-wrap

Outlook (New)

Unsupported

Wrap text in a <table><td> to force wrapping. overflow-wrap is ignored by Outlook and unreliable in Yahoo.

Before

<p style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
  https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
</p>

After

<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;
               word-break: break-all;">
      https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Use a table cell to force word wrapping without overflow-wrap

Outlook Classic

Unsupported

Wrap text in a <table><td> to force wrapping. overflow-wrap is ignored by Outlook and unreliable in Yahoo.

Before

<p style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
  https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
</p>

After

<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;
               word-break: break-all;">
      https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Use a table cell to force word wrapping without overflow-wrap

Outlook iOS

Unsupported

Wrap text in a <table><td> to force wrapping. overflow-wrap is ignored by Outlook and unreliable in Yahoo.

Before

<p style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
  https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
</p>

After

<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;
               word-break: break-all;">
      https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Use a table cell to force word wrapping without overflow-wrap

Outlook Android

Unsupported

Wrap text in a <table><td> to force wrapping. overflow-wrap is ignored by Outlook and unreliable in Yahoo.

Before

<p style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
  https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
</p>

After

<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;
               word-break: break-all;">
      https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Use a table cell to force word wrapping without overflow-wrap

Yahoo Mail

Unsupported

Wrap text in a <table><td> to force wrapping. overflow-wrap is ignored by Outlook and unreliable in Yahoo.

Before

<p style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
  https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
</p>

After

<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;
               word-break: break-all;">
      https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Use a table cell to force word wrapping without overflow-wrap

Apple Mail

Partial

Wrap text in a <table><td> to force wrapping. overflow-wrap is ignored by Outlook and unreliable in Yahoo.

Before

<p style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
  https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
</p>

After

<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;
               word-break: break-all;">
      https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Use a table cell to force word wrapping without overflow-wrap

Apple Mail iOS

Partial

Wrap text in a <table><td> to force wrapping. overflow-wrap is ignored by Outlook and unreliable in Yahoo.

Before

<p style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
  https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
</p>

After

<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;
               word-break: break-all;">
      https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Use a table cell to force word wrapping without overflow-wrap

Production guidance for overflow-wrap

overflow-wrap is a CSS property. Across the email client matrix, 2 of 15 tracked clients support it fully, 2 only partially, and 9 not at all. The clients most likely to require a workaround for this feature are Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS. Each of them needs a tailored fallback — see the per-client examples above for the specific code fix Emailens recommends.

When in doubt, ship a baseline that renders without overflow-wrap and treat it as progressive enhancement on clients where support is verified. Emailens automatically detects cross-client divergence on this feature when you preview an email, so you can see exactly which template paths break before a campaign goes out.

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