<svg> in Apple Mail
Partial <svg> is partly supported in Apple Mail.
Buggy.
Works in 5 of 21 · partial in 1 · not supported in 15
Which clients
- Works
- Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, Proton Mail, Superhuman
- Partial
- Apple Mail
- Not supported
- Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, HEY Mail, AOL Mail, Fastmail
Your reader in Apple Mail may not see <svg> the way you wrote it, even if it looks right where you tested it.
What to do instead in Apple Mail
Convert inline SVG to an image for email compatibility
<img src="https://example.com/icon.png"
width="24" height="24" alt="Icon"
style="display: block; border: 0;" />Show the original
<svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
<path d="M12 2L2 7l10 5 10-5-10-5z" fill="#6d28d9"/>
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What Apple Mail does with <svg>
caniemail record, tested upstream 6 Feb 2020
- Buggy. Requires a background on the
<body>. Can be any type of background, image or a color, can be set as attribute, inline style or in<style>block
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Questions
- How many email clients support <svg>?
- It works in 5 of 21, partial in 1, not supported in 15.
- What do I use instead of <svg> in Apple Mail?
- Convert inline SVG to an image for email compatibility.
- Does <svg> work in Apple Mail iOS?
- <svg> works in Apple Mail iOS. Closest to Apple Mail: Apple Mail iOS, which agrees on 284 of the 298 features both are tested on.
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