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position in Gmail iOS

Not supported position is not supported in Gmail iOS.

Works in 2 of 21 · partial in 14 · not supported in 5

Which clients
Works
Thunderbird, Proton Mail
Partial
Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, HEY Mail, AOL Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman
Not supported
Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS

Your reader in Gmail iOS sees the email without position, even if it looks right where you tested it.

The fix for Gmail iOS

Use table-based positioning instead of CSS position

after 
<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">Content</td>
    <td width="80" valign="top" align="right">Badge</td>
  </tr>
</table>
Show the original
before 
<div style="position: relative;">
  <div style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0;">
    Badge
  </div>
  <p>Content</p>
</div>

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What Gmail iOS does with position

@emailens/engine 0.18.22 on the original code

Gmail iOS does not support "position".

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Every feature in Gmail iOS · position in every client

Questions

How many email clients support position?
It works in 2 of 21, partial in 14, not supported in 5.
What do I use instead of position in Gmail iOS?
Use table-based positioning instead of CSS position.
Does position work in Gmail Android?
position is not supported in Gmail Android. Closest to Gmail iOS: Gmail Android, which agrees on 273 of the 300 features both are tested on.

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caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 16 May 2021 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping