Email columns and horizontally aligned buttons

[Anonymous]

You email developers out there - is there a way to have buttons in separate columns aligned horizontally when the length of copy in each differs? I spent hours working on it this weekend to no avail, so I'm pretty desperate.  I've tried setting column heights in table cells and tables, stacking tables and aligning top or bottom, and a million other things. The only way I have managed to make it work (in Outlook 2007, 2010, and 2013) is by putting in multiple <br /> tags to even up the lines of text. That of course is incredibly unreliable, not to mention it displays horribly on mobile.  In some clients other than Outlook, the buttons are aligned, however there are huge gaps between the column copy and the header text.

The comp is here: http://info.versionone.com/rs/981-LQX-968/images/email-columns.jpg

I'm using a fluid hybrid template from Email on Acid with which I've had great results.  My code is here: https://litmus.com/builder/4b9121a

My rendering test is here: Email On Acid - Email Testing

Thanks in advance for any guidance or feedback.

[Frank_Breen2]

If you set the height of the <td> to a fixed height and set the align plus valign, you should be able to fix this, see attached.

If you really want to make it look like the jpg however, you need to nest the <table> column in another <table>.

[Anonymous]

Hi Frank -

When you mention nesting the table column in another table, are you referring to the class="column" table or the class="contents" table?

Thanks so much for the help!

[Frank_Breen2 · Accepted solution]

Try the attached, I only did the first row, but this should look like the JPG you supplied.