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Hi team,

 

I’m desperated for your help. 

 

I’m having some issues with the button display on Outlook - old version. In short, the black button on white background does not show up on old Outlook. Not sure if it’s a bug from Klaviyo or it’s just because of Outlook. Kindly help to check.

 

I have attached below 2 images for illustration of how it looks on Klaviyo and on Old Outlook. 

 

On Klaviyo: 

 

On Outlook - old version:

 

 

I’m really looking forward to your response. Thank you so much!

 

Best regards,

Anh

Hey @Anh Nguyen 

Old versions of Outlook use Microsoft Word's rendering engine instead of standard web rendering, which often causes display issues with buttons.

I would suggest you use VML (Vector Markup Language) for Outlook, while maintaining standard HTML for other email clients. 

Would you be able to share your current button code so I can provide more specific guidance?

Cheers

Arpit


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line-height: 1.3 !important } } h1 { color: #000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 40px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1; letter-spacing: 0; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { h1 { font-size: 40px !important; line-height: 1.1 !important } } h2 { color: #000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 32px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.1; letter-spacing: 0; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: left } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { h2 { font-size: 32px !important; line-height: 1.1 !important } } h3 { color: #000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.1; letter-spacing: 0; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: left } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { h3 { font-size: 24px !important; line-height: 1.1 !important } } h4 { color: #000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; letter-spacing: 0; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 9px; text-align: left } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { h4 { font-size: 18px !important; line-height: 1.1 !important } } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { .root-container { width: 100% !important } .root-container-spacing { padding: 10px !important } .content-padding { padding-left: 0 !important; padding-right: 0 !important } .content-padding.first { padding-top: 0 !important } .content-padding.last { padding-bottom: 0 !important } .kl-column > .component-wrapper { padding-left: 0 !important; padding-right: 0 !important; width: unset !important } .kl-text { padding-right: 18px !important; padding-left: 18px !important } }</style></head> <body style="word-spacing:normal;background-color:#f7f7f7;"> <div class="root-container" id="bodyTable" style="background-color:#f7f7f7;"> <div class="root-container-spacing"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="kl-section" role="presentation" style="width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <!--[if mso | IE]><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="kl-section-outlook" style="width:600px;" width="600" ><tr><td style="line-height:0px;font-size:0px;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;"><![endif]--> <div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center;"> <!--[if mso | IE]><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="width:600px;" width="600" bgcolor="#ffffff" ><tr><td style="line-height:0px;font-size:0px;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;"><![endif]--> <div style="background:#ffffff;background-color:#ffffff;margin:0px auto;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;max-width:600px;"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background:#ffffff;background-color:#ffffff;width:100%;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:20px 0;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:center;"> <!--[if mso | IE]><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><![endif]--> <div class="content-padding first last"> <!--[if true]><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" style="width:600px;direction:ltr"><tr><![endif]--> <div class="kl-row colstack" style="display:table;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;"> <!--[if true]><td style="vertical-align:top;width:600px;"><![endif]--> <div class="kl-column" style="display:table-cell;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" style="vertical-align:top;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" class="kl-text" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px;padding-top:50px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:30px;word-break:break-word;"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.3;text-align:left;color:#000000;"><p style="padding-bottom:0; text-align:center"><span style="font-size: 45px;"><strong>White Blackground</strong></span></p></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" style="vertical-align:top;padding-top:10px;padding-right:15px;padding-bottom:35px;padding-left:15px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" class="kl-button" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;" vertical-align="middle"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:separate;line-height:100%;"> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="rgba(0,0,0,1)" role="presentation" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid 2px #000000;border-left:solid 2px #000000;border-radius:1px;border-right:solid 2px #000000;border-top:solid 2px #000000;cursor:auto;font-style:normal;mso-padding-alt:15px 25px 15px 25px;background:rgba(0,0,0,1);" valign="middle"> <p style="padding-bottom:0; display:inline-block; background:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); color:#FFF; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-weight:700; line-height:100%; letter-spacing:0; margin:0; text-decoration:none; text-transform:none; padding:15px 25px 15px 25px; mso-padding-alt:0; border-radius:1px"> black CTA </p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" style="vertical-align:top;padding-top:10px;padding-right:15px;padding-bottom:35px;padding-left:15px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" class="kl-button" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;" vertical-align="middle"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:separate;line-height:100%;"> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="rgba(0,0,0,1)" role="presentation" style="border:none;border-radius:1px;cursor:auto;font-style:normal;mso-padding-alt:15px 25px 15px 25px;background:rgba(0,0,0,1);" valign="middle"> <p style="padding-bottom:0; display:inline-block; background:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); color:#FFF; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-weight:700; line-height:100%; letter-spacing:0; margin:0; text-decoration:none; text-transform:none; padding:15px 25px 15px 25px; mso-padding-alt:0; border-radius:1px"> black CTA no border </p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" style="vertical-align:top;padding-top:10px;padding-right:15px;padding-bottom:35px;padding-left:15px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" class="kl-button" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;" vertical-align="middle"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:separate;line-height:100%;"> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#F0D1DF" role="presentation" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid 2px #F0D1DF;border-left:solid 2px #F0D1DF;border-radius:1px;border-right:solid 2px #F0D1DF;border-top:solid 2px #F0D1DF;cursor:auto;font-style:normal;mso-padding-alt:15px 25px 15px 25px;background:#F0D1DF;" valign="middle"> <p style="padding-bottom:0; display:inline-block; background:#F0D1DF; color:#000; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-weight:700; line-height:100%; letter-spacing:0; margin:0; text-decoration:none; text-transform:none; padding:15px 25px 15px 25px; mso-padding-alt:0; border-radius:1px"> pink CTA </p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mj-column-per-100 mj-outlook-group-fix component-wrapper" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;vertical-align:top;width:100%;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%;" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="" style="vertical-align:top;padding-top:10px;padding-right:15px;padding-bottom:35px;padding-left:15px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" class="kl-button" style="font-size:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;" vertical-align="middle"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:separate;line-height:100%;"> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" role="presentation" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid 2px #000000;border-left:solid 2px #000000;border-radius:1px;border-right:solid 2px #000000;border-top:solid 2px #000000;cursor:auto;font-style:normal;mso-padding-alt:15px 25px 15px 25px;background:#FFFFFF;" valign="middle"> <p style="padding-bottom:0; display:inline-block; background:#FFF; color:#000; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-weight:700; line-height:100%; letter-spacing:0; margin:0; text-decoration:none; text-transform:none; padding:15px 25px 15px 25px; mso-padding-alt:0; border-radius:1px"> color CTA </p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <!--[if true]></td><![endif]--> </div> <!--[if true]></tr></table><![endif]--> </div> <!--[if mso | IE]></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <!--[if mso | IE]></td></tr></table></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <!--[if mso | IE]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </body> </html>


Hi Arpit, I use drag n drop to create the button. Please find the HTML extracted above. Thank you!


I’ve also encountered this issue with the Klaviyo drag-and-drop button disappearing in my Outlook (app, online, and desktop app). 

Klaviyo's chat escalated my issue. When I got a response, there were no additional resources besides the suggestion to use an image instead, but obviously, that’s not a great solution with many Outlook clients needing to allow images or “Trust sender” to see images. 

I might be testing some of these options, but if Klaviyo doesn’t have a bulletproof drag-and-drop button and requires that I code my own… not a great tool. I hope it’s just a bug that gets fixed ASAP - we need buttons! 


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