IDE - Add/Remove Space usage?

Here’s my take as a heavy Prime user:

How I use them

• 95% of the time I’m with you: Add Page and Remove Empty Space do the job. I rarely click “Single line.”

• Keyboard nudging or dragging regions usually covers the fine-tuning.

When “Single line” is actually handy

• Tight print layout: When I’m trying to bump a heading/plot to the next page without collapsing all spacing above it, removing/adding one tick is safer than “Remove Empty Space,” which can over-compact a section.

• Templates with strict alignment: If a team template relies on the grid (e.g., section headers at fixed vertical positions), single-line gives a predictable one-grid-step move instead of a freehand drag.

• Working around collapsed Areas: When an Area is collapsed/locked and I need just a sliver of space above or below, a one-line insert avoids having to expand/reposition the whole group.

• Hidden grid / mouse-only workflows: With the grid hidden (or for users who don’t like Draft mode), a deterministic “+1 line” is less error-prone than creating/deleting dummy regions.

UX suggestions that would help everyone

• Make both Add Space and Remove Space split buttons: click = last-used action; dropdown = choose (Single Line / Page or Empty Space). That removes the “two clicks every time” complaint.

• Add simple hotkeys (e.g., Ctrl+Enter = Add Page, Ctrl+Backspace = Remove Empty Space; Alt+Enter / Alt+Backspace = single line).

• Scope option for “Remove Empty Space (selection/current page)” to avoid collapsing more than intended.

If the ribbon became just Add Page and Remove Empty Space, I personally wouldn’t suffer—but a small cohort would miss the precision tool. The split-button + hotkeys compromise keeps power and speed without clutter.

How about using the right click menu?

"Remove Space" seems to default to 'Empty Space'  - there is no option to just remove a single line.

I must admit that I have never used the menu for this purpose—probably because I was unaware that this option even existed in the menu until today. 😉

And because of this - no, I would not miss the single line options.

Hey @StuartBruff 

I totally agree that the Add/Remove space was not implemented very well (they had one job to do! 😉  I WOULD NOT MISS IT.  You know, there is no Insert/Delete line button in Word, Iand I don't see the world collapsing... yet.

I use Enter and Delete exclusively for adding a removing lines and only use Add Page on blue moons.  I find page breaks are the worst offender for being consistent so I do use Remove Space option occasionally.

But I never use them from the Ribbon (too slow), always from the right-click menu.  Usually I can target the line with the mouse and select the option—all in only two clicks and without loosing my focus or switching between ribbon panels.

Yeah, the ribbon and many options are still in their infancy with Prime.  Me and my pocketbook are looking forward to the next upgrade that will custom shortcut key definitions.  And I hope they include all the formatting options, even font size up/down, digits +/-, number format, etc.  I use these way, way more than needing a shortcut key for partial derivatives (barf).