Even though I don't code emails anymore, I wanted to share a fix for an Outlook bug I encountered awhile back. An extra unordered list bullet appears at the end of the list even though the code itself is correct and no empty <li> elements are present. I learned this particular bug happens when the unordered list is the last element in an editable region, say a table cell. A situation where an unordered list is the last element doesn't happen often, hence why I hadn't encountered it before. The workaround is to trick Outlook in thinking there is another element after the unordered list. Insert this code snippet directly after the closing </ul> tag: <div style="display:none;"> </div>
Here's an example:
<p>Here is some text inside a paragraph tag</p>
<ul>
<li>List bullet 1</li>
<li>List bullet 2</li>
<li>List bullet 3</li>
</ul>
<div style="display:none;"> </div>
I hope this saves someone some time.
Top comments (3)
Amazingly simple fix for an issue that would have had me up all night looking for a solution. Big thankyou!!
Love you man! It really works! So simply but soooo useful! And this trick really saved my time.
I saw that nobody thanked you yet and then deliberately created account here just to say THANK U.
You're welcome. I'm really glad you found it useful.