CSS property · data last changed 10 Nov 2026
text-indent in email clients
Works in 13 of 21. Partial in Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS and 5 more.
Your reader in Gmail may not see text-indent the way you wrote it, even if it looks right where you tested it.
caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22
What to do instead in Gmail
- Partial. Negative values are not supported.
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All 21 clients, problems first
| Client | Support |
|---|---|
| Gmail | Partial See caveat 1 |
| Gmail Android | Partial See caveat 1 |
| Gmail iOS | Partial See caveat 1 |
| Yahoo Mail | Partial See caveat 1 |
| Yahoo Mail Android | Partial See caveat 1 |
| Yahoo Mail iOS | Partial See caveat 1 |
| Proton Mail | Partial See caveat 2 |
| AOL Mail | Partial See caveat 1 |
Works in 13: Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic and 10 more. Show all
| Client | Support |
|---|---|
| Outlook 365 | Works |
| Outlook (New) | Works |
| Outlook Classic | Works |
| Outlook iOS | Works |
| Outlook Android | Works |
| Outlook for Mac | Works |
| Apple Mail | Works |
| Apple Mail iOS | Works |
| Samsung Mail | Works |
| Thunderbird | Works |
| HEY Mail | Works |
| Fastmail | Works |
| Superhuman | Works |
Caveats (2)
- 1. Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, AOL Mail: Partial. Negative values are not supported.
- 2. Proton Mail: Partial. Hard-coded negative values are not supported, but negative values as a result of the
calc()function are supported.
Caveats as recorded by caniemail (MIT), one entry per wording.
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