# Easy way to add variables in email builder

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/easy-way-to-add-variables-in-email-builder/21849>\
**Category:** Ideas and Feature Requests\
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/easy-way-to-add-variables-in-email-builder/21849 "2021-12-01T09:14:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nino\_knetemann](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/nino_knetemann/32/6227_2.png) [@nino\_knetemann](https://forum.mautic.org/u/nino_knetemann)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/easy-way-to-add-variables-in-email-builder/21849/1 "2021-12-01T09:14:16Z")

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My idea is:  
A drop down which shows all available variables. When you click on the one you want, the variable is inserted where the cursor is.

I think these groups of people would benefit from this idea:  
Anybody who has a lot of variables and can’t remember each one of them or forgets how to write them.

Why I think they would benefit from this idea:  
less mistakes and faster workflow.

Any code or resources to support this idea:  
I worked with email marketing tools which had this feature and it was a game changer for me.

Are you willing to work on this idea?:  
Don’t have the technical skills for it.

What skills and resources do you need to explore this further?  
Don’t know.

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**Author:** ![joeyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/joeyk/32/11164_2.png) [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/easy-way-to-add-variables-in-email-builder/21849/2 "2021-12-01T13:35:26Z")

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I think this will come back to the previous functionality with the next upgrades of the Email builder.  
This is from 3.3.4:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mautic/original/2X/f/f31867071749ffc7c3dfb6f202a53630748b1582.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![nino\_knetemann](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/nino_knetemann/32/6227_2.png) [@nino\_knetemann](https://forum.mautic.org/u/nino_knetemann)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/easy-way-to-add-variables-in-email-builder/21849/3 "2021-12-01T14:57:18Z")

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Perfect. Looking forward to it. I had many headaches because of it. Thanks for letting me know.