overflow in Outlook iOS
Partial overflow is partly supported in Outlook iOS.
overflow-block & overflow-inline not supported.
Works in 4 of 21 · partial in 16 · not supported in 1
Which clients
- Works
- Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman
- Partial
- Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Proton Mail, AOL Mail
- Not supported
- Outlook Classic
Your reader in Outlook iOS may not see overflow the way you wrote it, even if it looks right where you tested it.
What to do instead in Outlook iOS
Content will always be visible; design for full content display
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Long content that gets clipped...
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What Outlook iOS does with overflow
caniemail record, tested upstream 27 May 2025
- Partial.
overflow-block&overflow-inlinenot supported.
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Questions
- How many email clients support overflow?
- It works in 4 of 21, partial in 16, not supported in Outlook Classic.
- What do I use instead of overflow in Outlook iOS?
- Content will always be visible; design for full content display.
- Does overflow work in Outlook Android?
- overflow is partly supported in Outlook Android. Closest to Outlook iOS: Outlook Android, which agrees on 270 of the 296 features both are tested on.
To see what else in your email Outlook iOS does not support, paste the whole email.
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