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position in Yahoo Mail

Partial position is partly supported in Yahoo Mail.

Supports relative but not absolute, sticky and fixed.

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 Yahoo Mail

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 Yahoo Mail does with position

caniemail record, tested upstream 16 May 2021

  • Partial. Supports relative but not absolute, sticky and fixed.

Your next question

Every feature in Yahoo Mail · 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 Yahoo Mail?
Use table-based positioning instead of CSS position.
Does position work in Yahoo Mail iOS?
position is partly supported in Yahoo Mail iOS. Closest to Yahoo Mail: Yahoo Mail iOS, which agrees on 282 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