visibility in Gmail Android
Not supported visibility is not supported in Gmail Android.
Works in 13 of 21 · not supported in 8
Which clients
- Works
- Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook iOS, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman
- Not supported
- Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook Classic, Outlook Android, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, AOL Mail
Your reader in Gmail Android sees the email without visibility, even if it looks right where you tested it.
The fix for Gmail Android
Use conditional comments or remove hidden content
<!-- For screen readers, use font-size: 0 trick -->
<div style="font-size: 0; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden;
mso-hide: all;" aria-hidden="true">
Preheader text
</div>Show the original
<div style="visibility: hidden;">
Hidden content for screen readers
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What Gmail Android does with visibility
@emailens/engine 0.18.22 on the original code
Gmail Android does not support "visibility".
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Questions
- How many email clients support visibility?
- It works in 13 of 21, not supported in 8.
- What do I use instead of visibility in Gmail Android?
- Use conditional comments or remove hidden content.
- Does visibility work in Gmail iOS?
- visibility is not supported in Gmail iOS. Closest to Gmail Android: Gmail iOS, which agrees on 273 of the 300 features both are tested on.
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