# Gmail quick action button

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/gmail-quick-action-button/127380>\
**Category:** CMS Development\
**Tags:** html\
**Created:** [March 5, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/gmail-quick-action-button/127380 "2025-03-05T14:28:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![stephgauci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@stephgauci](https://community.hubspot.com/u/stephgauci)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/gmail-quick-action-button/127380/1 "2025-03-05T14:28:23Z")

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Hi there !

I added an html code section to one of my emails to add a quick action button for Gmail. The goal is for a “make an appointment” CTA to appear in Gmail. When I send myself a test email, it works.

But when I send the email to a recipient, the quick action button is not displayed.

![Capture d’écran 2025-03-05 152619_2.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/optimized/3X/3/2/328bb1195c842aa66a6c099523a9165f744b3569_2_690x20.png)

Here’s the code :

 ![Capture d’écran 2025-03-05 152753_3.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/f/b/fbce92c9ad28a2e0ab1730ddece8fa6bfc5a167a.png)

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**Author:** ![SteveHTM](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/stevehtm/32/22074_2.png) [@SteveHTM](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SteveHTM)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/gmail-quick-action-button/127380/2 "2025-03-05T15:06:19Z")

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@stephgauci - I have no immediate solution, but I would probably attack the problem by displaying the email as a web page and looking at the HTML structure that is revealed by that.

Good luck!

Steve

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**Author:** ![Anton](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/anton/32/103167_2.png) [@Anton](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Anton)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/gmail-quick-action-button/127380/3 "2025-03-10T10:03:31Z")

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Hey @stephgauci,

the quick action button is not being displayed due to how most email-clients handle the email.

The best practise for “styled” buttons is - unfortunately - still using an image

To link it, wrap it in an a-tag like

```lia-code-sample
<a href="LINK">
 <img src="PATH/TO/IMAGE">
</a>

```

best,

Anton