# Adding a component between two connected components

When designing a Job or Route, you can insert a component between two components linked by a Row or Route connection, provided that the new component can serve as a middle component between the two.

The examples below show different options for you to insert a tMap between a tFileInputDelmited and LogRow linked by a Row > Main connection.

### In this section

* [Dropping the component from the Palette onto the connection](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-09/dropping-component-from-palette-onto-connection)
* [Adding the component by typing on the connection](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-09/adding-component-by-typing-on-connection)
* [Adding the component to the design workspace and moving the existing connection](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-09/adding-component-to-design-workspace-and-moving-existing-connection)