Add Divider and Space Elements in the New Email Editor

Add dividers to your emails to structure and separate different sections of your email. Add space to make emails easier to read and improve usability. Learn how to add dividers and space into your emails in the new email editor.

Add dividers and spacing elements to your email, in the new email editor. To learn how to modify emails using the older email editor, read Adding Dividers to Emails. 

In this article, you'll learn how to add dividers and space elements to your emails using the new email editor.

Article Contents

• The New Email Editor
• Add Dividers to Your Emails
• Add Space to Your Emails

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The New Email Editor

These text features are available in the new email editor. Read Overview of the New Email Editor to learn more about the included features and to find out how to build emails. Navigate to the new editor by starting from the Email category.

1. Click on the Email Templates tab.
2. Select the Designer or Simple template folders.
   
   
    
3. Click the + button to create a new email from the template using the new email editor. 
   
   
    

Adding Dividers to Your Emails

Drag and drop a divider element into your email using the blue lines to guide you. This inserts a solid 1px thick horizontal line with 100% width into your email, in light grey color #BBBBBB. You can modify the divider element as needed. 
 

Click the element in your email and use the Content Properties window to the right to edit your divider.

1. Click the Transparent toggle to make the divider transparent. 
2. Use the Line properties to modify the style, thickness, and color of your divider. Select from the following styles:
   • Solid
   • Dotted
   • Dashed
3. Use the Width property to modify how wide your divider should be. Choose from 0% - 100%. 
4. Use the Align property to align your divider to the left, center, or right of your email. 
   
   

Adding Space to Your Emails

Drag and drop a space element into your email using the blue lines to guide you. This inserts space in your email with 60px of height and takes the full width of your email. 



Click the space to open the Content Properties window to the right and modify the height. Select a minimum of 1 px for the space element. There is no maximum height setting for your space element. 

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