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How to Fix Outlook Button Border Collapsing in Gmail Web (Desktop)
for Klaviyo Campaigns

A programmatic integration guide for resolving email rendering crashes inside Gmail Web (Desktop) using Klaviyo's layout editor environment.

Root Bug Analysis

Gmail Web (Desktop) uses the Goog/WebKit Layout Engine which lacks support for standard rendering rules. This causes Outlook Button Border Collapsing elements to break or collapse when rendering templates.

Active rendering engine: Goog/WebKit Layout Engine

Klaviyo Specific Guide

Klaviyo's delivery wrapper can clean and restructure elements during import, creating dynamic spacing differences inside Gmail Web (Desktop).

Integration Step:

Open your Klaviyo template editor. Drag an 'HTML' block directly into your layout timeline (do not use a standard text box). Clear the default skeleton content inside the Klaviyo markup editor and paste the RenderOps corrected inline code.

ESP Unsubscribe Alignment

When compiling custom HTML templates for Klaviyo, you must ensure your layout retains deliverability compliance loops. Klaviyo requires you to insert their specific unsubscribe merge tag, otherwise your campaign delivery will be flagged by automated spam audits.

Klaviyo Unsubscribe Tag:{% unsubscribe %}

Documented Client Behavior

Expected layout behavior based on target rendering engine specifications:

Documented behavior: Outlook Button Border Collapsing causes elements to stack vertically or clip in Gmail Web (Desktop) when templates are sent from Klaviyo.

Interactive Klaviyo Custom Sandbox

Target Environment: Gmail Web (Desktop)

Auto-compile fixes inside RenderOps Workspace

Load layout code directly into our VML Button Builder to compile responsive table frameworks that display cleanly in Gmail Web (Desktop).

Launch VML Button Builder

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