# Add a section

The Add panel, quick add with the / key, and where a new section lands on the page.

For: Everyone editing a page

## The Add panel

The Add rail holds everything a page can be given, grouped so you can find a thing by what it does rather than by its name in our catalogue. Blocks are single sections, from a hero to a price list. Patterns are ready-made groups, often two or three blocks that already look right together.

Adding is always insertion, never replacement. The new section appears where you chose it, and the rest of the page closes around it.

Walkthrough: The Add panel, one category at a time (The Add panel with every block)

1. **Search or browse**: Search takes ordinary words. Browsing takes patience; both end in the same place.
2. **Grouped by what they do**: Headers, Content, Business, Media, Engage, Layout. The group is a guide, not a restriction.
3. **Click to add**: Cards add below the section you had selected. The new section closes the gap behind it.
4. **Honest markers**: Pro badges and dashed outlines say a block needs a plan or a connection, rather than hiding it.

1. Open Add and browse a category, or search.
2. Click a card to add it below the section you had selected.
3. Drag the new section into place from the Navigator if needed.

## Quick add with the / key

Press / (or the + button) on any page and the Add a section dialog opens with the search field ready. Type what you want in ordinary words: "map", "prices", "opening hours", "questions". The dialog explains exactly where the section will land: "It goes below Hero." or "It becomes the first section on this page."

Search checks both blocks and patterns, so a vague idea ("something for reviews") still finds the testimonials block.

Walkthrough: Quick add with the / key (Add a section dialog)

1. **Ordinary words**: Type "prices", "map" or "opening hours". Search checks blocks and patterns together.
2. **It says where it goes**: "It goes below Hero." The dialog tells you where the section will land before you commit.
3. **A card per idea**: Patterns sit beside blocks, so a ready-made group is one search away.
4. **Add a section**: The section lands, selected and ready, with its inspector already open.

Note: New pages often start empty. The first section becomes the first thing on the page, and the dialog says so before you choose.

## Control where it lands

A new section is inserted after the selected one. When nothing is selected it becomes the first section on the page. To put a section between two existing ones, select the upper one first, or add it anywhere and move it from the Navigator.

The same rules apply from the right-click menu on a section: Move or add offers Move up, Move down, Add a section above and Add a section below.

Walkthrough: Moving a new section into place (Right-clicking a section)

1. **Move or add**: Move up, Move down, Add a section above, Add a section below: the four moves that place anything.
2. **And out again**: Delete removes it, Del does the same, and undo catches the mistake during the session.

Warning: Duplicate sections rather than re-adding them when you want identical content: a duplicate keeps every field and its styling.

## Can I add a section to every page at once?

Only the fixed rows, announcement bar, header and footer, live on every page. Everything else belongs to the page you are editing.

## What is the difference between blocks and patterns?

A block is one section. A pattern is a group of sections, often two or three, saved together so they keep their arrangement.

## Related guides

- [Every block explained](/help/blocks/every-block-explained)
- [Reuse with patterns](/help/blocks/reuse-with-patterns)
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