New invoicing - Add lines button
New invoicing - bring back 'add new line' button and dropdown +5/+10...
This is an existing feature on classic invoicing, why would you drop it!

Hi everyone, to keep you updated on this idea work in this space will provide the ability to add a new blank row to your invoice one at a time. Once added you'll also have the ability to drag and drop the row to where you'd like it placed in your invoice, which we know some customers use to help format their invoices and space lines out.
I appreciate that some customers have mentioned wanting to add multiple blank rows at once, and want to be open that this isn't planned with this release.
Being under development atm, we plan to have this to you all before classic invoicing is retired and I'll be back as soon as it's out to let you know, here.
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Andrea Hughes commented
Definitely agree. Please bring this entire feature back !!!
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Samantha Klimecki commented
I like the way I can finish the first line and it automatically adds a new line for the next item.
But that is just the way I invoice - I can see how it would be annoying for others .
Why can't we have both features? -
Accounts Login commented
Reinstate "Add a new line" to the new version of invoicing. Without it, what used to be a single invoice with multiple lines turns into a series of duplicated invoices each with a single edited line.
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Greg Molan commented
Definitely agree. Please bring this entire feature back !!!
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Anita | Botham's of Whitby commented
Agree with what everyone is saying here - we want to be able to add lines first and then enter text as required. ****, have both options Xero if you like? Just add back the Add more lines button and everyone's happy.
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Carolyn Burgess commented
I have raised this problem as well and it just make my everyday work so much more complicated and time consuming.
What makes this even more frustrating is that as you cannot add a line without first typing in a field, and at times when I go to move the cell up to a different position in the invoice (if that is required), the whole invoice crashes, won't save and I have to redo all of the work again. It really is a nightmare!!!!!
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Andrea Hughes commented
Critical feature of Classic Invoicing that needs to be instated in the new version of Xero. We need the add Lines feature along with the option of blank lines for comments only. Please re-instate.
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Melissa Fowler commented
Cannot add multiple, new empty lines within new invoice, we used to be able to add 5 or 10 new/empty lines. New lines now have to be added one at a time in new invoicing and you can't add subsequent new lines without adding text into each line which slows down adding multiple items. (add a new line button to be reintroduced)
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Bryn Parrott commented
yeah I agree I cannot see why this feature was removed.
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Jim Morris commented
I disagree. Automatic new line is a pain as it just adds one line when you enter something in the last line.
When I'm building an invoice, I regularly add however many lines I want first then structure it the way I want.
If I want to add 5 or 7 or 11 or whatever, I just want to be able to click the add a line button, not **** around entering a character in the last line just to get one more.
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Rae Thompson commented
I would agree with others that the new line automatically adding is better than the old invoicing where it was another click to add a line
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Andrew Winstanley commented
Hi, as the new invoicing adds a new line automatically not so much of an issue, what would be great when add quantity sold it would advise if not no stock rather than wait to end when approve so check bills waiting for approval.
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Julian Hurrie commented
Just put it back..... Really not hard to do.
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Evert van Eeden commented
If you had a look at the new invoicing you would see that the moment you start entering data in the first line it automatically adds a new line below.
And that's only by tapping on the TAB button.Can't see how the old invoicing is better in that regard.
With the old invoicing you have to manually click to add a new line even if it's just one extra line. -
Anthea Davis commented
I could not agree more - The flexibility to add lines in classic invoicing means I haven't switched to new invoicing format as it drives me insane that this function is missing.
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Jacoby Hall commented
Silly to remove this. Use it every single week.
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Jim Morris commented
@Elise Edwards - You have to fill in some of the info in the last line and it then automatically adds another line.
However, you then need to put data in the quantity and/or unit value fields of the new line or it deletes the new line again.
It is a really stupid change IMO. Classic has an "Add line" button to add as many lines as you like, without auto deleting them again if they were blank for any length of time, which worked perfectly fine previously.
This is a classic example of change for change's sake, that does nothing to improve the UI and actively makes using the UI harder.
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Elise Edwards commented
How do I add a new line on new invoicing?? Surely we cant just have 2 lines and thats it? What a ridiculous system? I have some invoices that have up to 20 items on. How am I supposed to add these now?
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Adela Albornoz commented
This is one of the reasons I have been avoiding the switch to New invoicing. It takes too long to add each line individually. Why would they take this feature away, it doesn't make any sense.
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Meg Scowcroft commented
THIS IS EXTEMELY CRITICAL. we are paying for a service because it works for the business ....why take such a "basic" important feature away?? New invoicing should be an improved function - now we are becoming time frustrated