CODEWITHSUNDEEP
emailoutlookoutlook-2007html-emailhtml-table
KemanoThief
KemanoThief

Reputation: 617

rowspans and colspans in html email

Can rowspans and colspans be safely used when designing table-based HTML emails?

I have been told that they don't display correctly in Outlook 2007 and that tables must be nested in order to provide different size cells for layout.

Can anybody help or provide any links? Thanks

Upvotes: 9

Views: 7930

Answers (2)

Kedan
Kedan

Reputation: 11

The problem is, that BlackBerry Browser 4.2 does not support nested tables. http://docs.blackberry.com/en/developers/deliverables/1143/browser_devguide.pdf page 42.

Tables: The browser supports tables. Users can turn on HTML table support to properly display tables that fit within the screen width of the device. Larger tables ar e split apart with the table cells displayed in vertical sequence. Tables cannot be nested within each other. You should test tables thoroughly in the BlackBerry Br owser to verify that they display appropriately on the device.

Upvotes: 1

timroman
timroman

Reputation: 1394

Colspans are usually safe to use. Stay away from rowspans.

Your best option is to nest a new table within a cell instead of doing rowspans or colspans.

Upvotes: 13

Related Questions