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✨ Styling Emails with the Side Panel

The side panel in the Mintlify Email Editor gives you full control over the look and feel of your emails. Here’s a breakdown of each section and how to use it to match your brand or message style. Screenshot 2025-08-31 at 11.23.12 AM.png

🧱 Body

Customize the outer container of your email.
  • Fill: Sets the background color of the email body (e.g. #6A5050).
  • Radius: Controls the corner roundness (in pixels).
  • Border: Add a border with thickness and color (#E62222 in the example).
  • Padding: Set spacing inside the body (top/bottom and left/right).

🎨 Background

This option allows you to set a background color for the full email canvas, beyond the body container. Click the color input to choose or paste in a hex code.

🖋 Typography

Adjust text sizes and line heights for all major text elements in your email.
  • Paragraph: Default text style (e.g. 14px / 150%).
  • Heading 1, 2, 3: Set sizes and spacing for each heading level to define hierarchy.
  • Click the sliders icon to fine-tune or reset each style.

🔘 Button

Control the appearance of all buttons used in your email.
  • Font: Set the text size and line height (e.g. 13px / 120%).
  • Text: Choose the button text color (e.g. #FFFFFF).
  • Background: Select the button fill color (e.g. #000000).

➖ Divider

Style horizontal lines used to separate content sections.
  • Stroke: Set the line thickness and color (e.g. 1px / #000000).
  • Margin: Control spacing above and below the divider (e.g. Top: 0, Bottom: 32px).

⚙️ Styled vs Plain Mode

At the bottom of the panel, you’ll see a toggle labeled “Styled”. Click this to switch to Plain mode.
💡 Plain mode sends emails with no visual styling—just raw HTML or text. These are ideal for transactional or high-deliverability needs, such as confirmations, password resets, or simple outreach. Use when minimalism and inbox reach matter more than design.