position in Outlook Classic
Not supported position is not supported in Outlook Classic.
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 Outlook Classic sees the email without position, even if it looks right where you tested it.
The fix for Outlook Classic
Use table-based positioning instead of CSS position
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cellspacing="0" border="0">
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<td valign="top">Content</td>
<td width="80" valign="top" align="right">Badge</td>
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<div style="position: relative;">
<div style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0;">
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What Outlook Classic does with position
@emailens/engine 0.18.22 on the original code
Outlook Classic does not support "position".
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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 Outlook Classic?
- Use table-based positioning instead of CSS position.
- Does position work in AOL Mail?
- position is partly supported in AOL Mail. Closest to Outlook Classic: AOL Mail, which agrees on 206 of the 298 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