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Posted by Niccolò Mineo
Niccolò Mineo
8,687 Points

HTML email dev: background-size, background-position and text-shadow

Do you have any clue whether these have extensive support?

Guil Hernandez
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher
Guil Hernandez
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Niccolò Mineo,

They all do. Take a look at the browser support charts:

The background-position property is also supported by all browsers.

Niccolò Mineo
Niccolò Mineo
8,687 Points

Dear Guil, I was specifically referring to the compatibility in desktop and web mail client

1 Answer

Ryan Cates
Ryan Cates
18,344 Points
Ryan Cates
Ryan Cates
18,344 Points

I've worked with HTML emails before and just from my experience I would say that for most desktop and web mail clients "background-size, background-position and text-shadow" will not be supported fully. You might get away with it in certain clients such as apple mail but clients like outlook will not be happy with styles. I would suggest getting some kind of email client testing software like litmus. That way you can decide what styles you can get away with in certain clients if you're unsure. I never send out a HTML email without testing first.