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position in Proton Mail

Works position works in Proton Mail.

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

The fix for the clients that need it

Needed in 19 of 21: Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS and 16 more.

Use table-based positioning instead of CSS position

instead
<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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Questions

How many email clients support position?
It works in 2 of 21, partial in 14, not supported in 5.
Does position work in Apple Mail?
position is partly supported in Apple Mail. Closest to Proton Mail: Apple Mail, which agrees on 203 of the 300 features both are tested on.

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