diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/locales/de/editor.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/locales/de/editor.json
index 93a2f5946..1b8c57523 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/locales/de/editor.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/locales/de/editor.json
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
             "projects-open": "Öffnen",
             "projects-settings": "Einstellungen",
             "showNodeLabelDefault": "Zeige Namen von neu hinzugefügten Nodes",
+            "nodeQuickAddLabel": "Zeige Schnellauswahl beim Verbinden ins Leere",
             "codeEditor": "Code-Editor",
             "groups": "Gruppen",
             "groupSelection": "Auswahl gruppieren",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/locales/en-US/editor.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/locales/en-US/editor.json
index c8abada3e..883aab8a6 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/locales/en-US/editor.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/locales/en-US/editor.json
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
                 "rtl": "Right-to-left",
                 "auto": "Contextual",
                 "language": "Language",
+								"nodeQuickAdd": "Quick-add node when joining to empty space",
                 "browserDefault": "Browser default"
             },
             "sidebar": {
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/userSettings.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/userSettings.js
index 1b61f396e..31096556f 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/userSettings.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/userSettings.js
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ RED.userSettings = (function() {
             title: "menu.label.nodes",
             options: [
                 {setting:"view-node-status",oldSetting:"menu-menu-item-status",label:"menu.label.displayStatus",default: true, toggle:true,onchange:"core:toggle-status"},
-                {setting:"view-node-show-label",label:"menu.label.showNodeLabelDefault",default: true, toggle:true}
+                {setting:"view-node-show-label",label:"menu.label.showNodeLabelDefault",default: true, toggle:true},
+                {setting:"node-quick-add",label:"menu.label.view.nodeQuickAdd",default: true, toggle:true}
             ]
         },
         {
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js
index 17e1e87e3..08abe5f2e 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/view.js
@@ -1801,22 +1801,34 @@ RED.view = (function() {
             return;
         }
         if (mousedown_node && mouse_mode == RED.state.JOINING) {
-            var removedLinks = [];
-            for (i=0;i<drag_lines.length;i++) {
-                if (drag_lines[i].link) {
-                    removedLinks.push(drag_lines[i].link)
-                }
-            }
-            if (removedLinks.length > 0) {
-                historyEvent = {
-                    t:"delete",
-                    links: removedLinks,
-                    dirty:RED.nodes.dirty()
-                };
-                RED.history.push(historyEvent);
-                RED.nodes.dirty(true);
-            }
-            hideDragLines();
+						if (RED.settings.get("editor.view.node-quick-add")) {
+								// Trigger quick add dialog
+								d3.event.stopPropagation();
+								clearSelection();
+								const point = d3.mouse(this);
+								var clickedGroup = getGroupAt(point[0], point[1]);
+								if (drag_lines.length > 0) {
+										clickedGroup = clickedGroup || RED.nodes.group(drag_lines[0].node.g)
+								}
+								showQuickAddDialog({ position: point, group: clickedGroup });
+						} else {
+								var removedLinks = [];
+								for (i=0;i<drag_lines.length;i++) {
+										if (drag_lines[i].link) {
+												removedLinks.push(drag_lines[i].link)
+										}
+								}
+								if (removedLinks.length > 0) {
+										historyEvent = {
+												t:"delete",
+												links: removedLinks,
+												dirty:RED.nodes.dirty()
+										};
+										RED.history.push(historyEvent);
+										RED.nodes.dirty(true);
+								}
+								hideDragLines();
+						}
         }
         if (lasso) {
             var x = parseInt(lasso.attr("x"));