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table-layout

CSS property · 16 supported, 0 partial, 2 unsupported across 21 clients

16 of 21 email clients render table-layout fully (Sep 2, 2026 data); it breaks outright in Outlook (New), Outlook Classic.

  • 5/7 webmail, 3/6 desktop, 8/8 mobile clients support table-layout fully.
  • Unsupported in Outlook (New), Outlook Classic.
  • Outlook Classic (Word engine, supported to at least 2029) does not fully support table-layout, and its replacement changes little here; see the deprecation diff.
  • Across all clients, only 6 of 298 tracked HTML/CSS features render identically everywhere.

Source: caniemail.com (MIT), via the Emailens engine. Last tested upstream Jul 20, 2022, synced by Emailens Sep 2, 2026.

Client Support

ClientCategoryEngineSupport
GmailwebmailGmail WebSupported
Gmail AndroidmobileGmail MobileSupported
Gmail iOSmobileGmail MobileSupported
Outlook 365webmailOutlook WebSupported
Outlook (New)desktopOutlook WebUnsupported
Outlook ClassicdesktopMicrosoft WordUnsupported
Outlook iOSmobileOutlook MobileSupported
Outlook AndroidmobileOutlook MobileSupported
Outlook for MacdesktopWebKitSupported
Apple MaildesktopWebKitSupported
Apple Mail iOSmobileWebKitSupported
Yahoo MailwebmailYahooSupported
Yahoo Mail AndroidmobileYahooSupported
Yahoo Mail iOSmobileYahooSupported
Samsung MailmobileSamsungSupported
ThunderbirddesktopGeckoUnknown
HEY MailwebmailWebKitUnknown
Proton MailwebmailProtonSupported
AOL MailwebmailAOLSupported
FastmailwebmailFastmailUnknown
SuperhumandesktopBlinkSupported

Client-by-client behaviour for table-layout

Fully supports table-layout (16): Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Proton Mail, AOL Mail, Superhuman.

No support (2): Outlook (New), Outlook Classic. Plan fallbacks for these clients before relying on table-layout in production sends.

Behaviour unverified in: Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Fastmail.

Fixes & Workarounds

Outlook (New)

Unsupported

"table-layout" is not supported in this email client.

Outlook Classic

Unsupported

"table-layout" is not supported in this email client.

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caniemail.com (MIT) records Jul 20, 2022 as the last time table-layout was tested in a real client, 4 years before this sync. Syncing copies that result forward, it does not re-test it. Carried in @emailens/engine data v0.12.2.