Email Not Displaying Correctly in Gmail: Fix Max-Width Constraint Collapsing for Brevo (Sendinblue) for Financial Services & Banking
Financial emails carry high-compliance requirements. Layout collapses, overlapping text, or accessibility failures can lead to compliance audits and client confusion. Below is the targeted integration guide to fix Max-Width Constraint Collapsing inside Gmail App (iOS & Android) templates when using Brevo (Sendinblue).
Technical Breakdown
Gmail App (iOS & Android) uses the WebKit / Blink which lacks support for standard rendering rules. This causes Max-Width Constraint Collapsing elements to break or collapse when rendering templates.
Brevo (Sendinblue) Behaviors
Brevo's rendering system injects inline spacing helpers to support their responsive editor, which can cause column overlaps in Outlook. Using explicit table alignments is required. Enforce strict WCAG color contrast standards across your statement tables and summary grids to ensure legibility and regulatory compliance.
Remediation Code Block
To secure design widths, always wrap your layout inside a parent table with a static, hardcoded HTML width attribute (e.g. width='600') targeting Microsoft clients using conditional comments. In your Brevo (Sendinblue) campaign manager, make sure you configure your links to run via {{ unsubscribe }}.
<!--[if mso]>
<table role="presentation" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600">
<tr>
<td>
<![endif]-->
<div style="max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto;">
Centered Layout Content
</div>
<!--[if mso]>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<![endif]-->Live Code Sandbox Test
How to Deploy inside Brevo (Sendinblue)
Copy the fixed VML or table wrapper code block from the remediation box above.
Open Brevo's template canvas, select the element you wish to configure, click 'Edit HTML' or insert a standalone 'HTML' content block, and paste the code.