How many email clients support word-break?

It works in 4 of 21, partial in 12, not supported in 5.

Does word-break work in Gmail iOS?

word-break is partly supported in Gmail iOS. Closest to Gmail: Gmail iOS, which agrees on 251 of the 300 features both are tested on.

word-break in Gmail

Works word-break works in Gmail.

Works in 4 of 21 · partial in 12 · not supported in 5

Which clients

Works: Gmail, Thunderbird, Fastmail, Superhuman
Partial: Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, HEY Mail, Proton Mail
Not supported: Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, AOL Mail

The fix for the clients that need it

Needed in 17 of 21: Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android and 14 more.

Outlook Windows does not wrap a URL on word-break, word-wrap, or overflow-wrap. Insert  in a cell that has a width

instead

8 lines

<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td width="100%">
      https://example.com/&#8203;very/&#8203;long/&#8203;url?token=&#8203;abc123def456
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Show the original

before

3 lines

<span style="word-break: break-all;">
  https://example.com/very/long/url?token=abc123def456
</span>

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What Gmail does with word-break

caniemail record, tested upstream 15 Feb 2022

Supported. But Gmail adds <wbr> every 30 characters.

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How many email clients support word-break?: It works in 4 of 21, partial in 12, not supported in 5.
Does word-break work in Gmail iOS?: word-break is partly supported in Gmail iOS. Closest to Gmail: Gmail iOS, which agrees on 251 of the 300 features both are tested on.

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