diff --git a/cmake/qet_compilation_vars.cmake b/cmake/qet_compilation_vars.cmake
index ac71e8106..eebec6489 100644
--- a/cmake/qet_compilation_vars.cmake
+++ b/cmake/qet_compilation_vars.cmake
@@ -716,6 +716,8 @@ set(QET_SRC_FILES
   ${QET_DIR}/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripbridge.h
   ${QET_DIR}/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstrip.cpp
   ${QET_DIR}/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstrip.h
+  ${QET_DIR}/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripautoimport.cpp
+  ${QET_DIR}/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripautoimport.h
   ${QET_DIR}/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripdata.cpp
   ${QET_DIR}/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripdata.h
   ${QET_DIR}/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/addterminalstripitemdialog.cpp
diff --git a/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripautoimport.cpp b/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripautoimport.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e9508dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripautoimport.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+/*
+	Copyright 2006-2026 The QElectroTech Team
+	This file is part of QElectroTech.
+
+	QElectroTech is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	QElectroTech is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with QElectroTech.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+#include "terminalstripautoimport.h"
+
+#include "../elementprovider.h"
+#include "../qetgraphicsitem/terminalelement.h"
+#include "../qetinformation.h"
+#include "../qetproject.h"
+#include "../utils/qetutils.h"
+#include "UndoCommand/addterminalstripcommand.h"
+#include "UndoCommand/addterminaltostripcommand.h"
+#include "UndoCommand/sortterminalstripcommand.h"
+#include "physicalterminal.h"
+#include "realterminal.h"
+#include "terminalstrip.h"
+
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QMap>
+#include <QUndoStack>
+
+namespace
+{
+	/**
+	 * Terminals going to one strip : a label prefix plus the plant and
+	 * the location typed on the terminals. A plant or location set on
+	 * the terminals must match the strip exactly, an empty one accepts
+	 * every strip of the same name (in most projects the plant and the
+	 * location live on the strip, not on the terminals).
+	 */
+	struct StripGroup
+	{
+		QVector<QSharedPointer<RealTerminal>> free_terminals;
+		QVector<QPair<QSharedPointer<RealTerminal>, TerminalStrip *>> placed_terminals;
+		QString name, plant, location;
+	};
+
+	QString elementInfo(const QSharedPointer<RealTerminal> &terminal, const QString &key)
+	{
+		auto element_ = terminal->element();
+		if (!element_) {
+			return QString();
+		}
+		return element_->elementData().m_informations.value(key).toString().trimmed();
+	}
+
+		//An empty plant is saved and read back as "=" and an empty
+		//location as "+" (the placeholders of the title block) : all
+		//three spellings mean "no plant" / "no location"
+	QString normalizedPlant(const QString &plant_)
+	{
+		const auto value_ = plant_.trimmed();
+		return (value_.isEmpty() || value_ == QLatin1String("="))
+				? QString() : value_;
+	}
+
+	QString normalizedLocation(const QString &location_)
+	{
+		const auto value_ = location_.trimmed();
+		return (value_.isEmpty() || value_ == QLatin1String("+"))
+				? QString() : value_;
+	}
+
+	QString groupKey(const QString &name, const QString &plant, const QString &location) {
+		return name + QChar(0x1f) + plant + QChar(0x1f) + location;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief stripOf
+	 * The strip of the group : same name, and same plant and location
+	 * when the terminals carry some. Empty plant and location on the
+	 * terminals mean "no opinion" : any strip of the name is reused,
+	 * the one already holding terminals winning over an empty one.
+	 * @return the strip to work on, null when none has to exist yet.
+	 */
+	TerminalStrip *stripOf(QETProject *project, const QString &name,
+						   const QString &plant, const QString &location)
+	{
+		const bool strict_ = !plant.isEmpty() || !location.isEmpty();
+		TerminalStrip *best_ = nullptr;
+		int best_score_ = -1;
+		for (auto strip_ : project->terminalStrip())
+		{
+			if (!strip_ || strip_->name() != name) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			const bool same_ =
+				normalizedPlant(strip_->installation()) == plant &&
+				normalizedLocation(strip_->location())  == location;
+			if (strict_ && !same_) {
+				continue;
+			}
+				//Same plant and location first, then the strip already
+				//holding terminals over an empty one
+			const int score_ = (same_ ? 4 : 0)
+					+ (strip_->realTerminals().isEmpty() ? 0 : 1);
+			if (score_ > best_score_) {
+				best_ = strip_;
+				best_score_ = score_;
+			}
+		}
+		return best_;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief TerminalStripAutoImport::importFreeTerminals
+ * Put the terminals of @a project in the strip named after their label
+ * prefix ("X1:2" goes to the strip "X1"), creating the strip when it
+ * does not exist yet. The whole run is one undoable step.
+ *
+ * @a move_placed picks the action : false only places free terminals,
+ * placed ones are never touched. True also moves a placed terminal
+ * whose label prefix or plant and location no longer match its strip.
+ *
+ * In both cases the order the user gave to a strip is never changed,
+ * only a strip created by the run itself is sorted.
+ */
+TerminalStripAutoImport::ImportResult TerminalStripAutoImport::importFreeTerminals(
+	QETProject *project, bool move_placed)
+{
+	if (!project) {
+		return ImportResult{};
+	}
+
+		//Group every real terminal of the project, the free ones and
+		//the ones already in a strip alike
+	QMap<QString, StripGroup> groups_;
+	const auto collect_ = [&groups_](const QSharedPointer<RealTerminal> &real_,
+									 TerminalStrip *current_)
+	{
+		if (!real_ || !real_->element()) {
+			return;		//Spare terminals (no element) are left alone
+		}
+		const auto name_ = stripNameForLabel(real_->label());
+		if (name_.isEmpty()) {
+			return;
+		}
+		const auto plant_ = normalizedPlant(
+			elementInfo(real_, QETInformation::ELMT_PLANT));
+		const auto location_ = normalizedLocation(
+			elementInfo(real_, QETInformation::ELMT_LOCATION));
+
+		auto &group_ = groups_[groupKey(name_, plant_, location_)];
+		group_.name = name_;
+		group_.plant = plant_;
+		group_.location = location_;
+		if (current_) {
+			group_.placed_terminals.append({real_, current_});
+		} else {
+			group_.free_terminals.append(real_);
+		}
+	};
+
+	const ElementProvider provider(project);
+	for (auto terminal_ : provider.freeTerminal()) {
+		if (terminal_) {
+			collect_(terminal_->realTerminal(), nullptr);
+		}
+	}
+	for (auto strip_ : project->terminalStrip())
+	{
+		if (!strip_) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		for (const auto &real_ : strip_->realTerminals()) {
+			collect_(real_, strip_);
+		}
+	}
+	if (groups_.isEmpty()) {
+		return ImportResult{};
+	}
+
+	for (auto it_ = groups_.begin(); it_ != groups_.end(); ++it_)
+	{
+		auto by_label_ = [](const QSharedPointer<RealTerminal> &a_,
+							const QSharedPointer<RealTerminal> &b_) {
+			return QETUtils::naturalLessThan(a_->label(), b_->label());
+		};
+		std::sort(it_.value().free_terminals.begin(),
+				  it_.value().free_terminals.end(), by_label_);
+		std::sort(it_.value().placed_terminals.begin(),
+				  it_.value().placed_terminals.end(),
+				  [&by_label_](const auto &a_, const auto &b_) {
+			return by_label_(a_.first, b_.first);
+		});
+	}
+
+	auto names_ = groups_.keys();
+	std::sort(names_.begin(), names_.end(), QETUtils::naturalLessThan);
+
+		//First phase : work out what has to change, without touching the
+		//project. When there is nothing to do, nothing is pushed : no
+		//undo step is recorded and the project stays untouched.
+	struct Plan
+	{
+		const StripGroup *group{nullptr};
+		TerminalStrip    *strip{nullptr};	//Target strip, null : to create
+	};
+	QVector<Plan> plans;
+
+	for (const auto &key_ : std::as_const(names_))
+	{
+		auto &group_ = groups_[key_];
+		Plan plan_;
+		plan_.group = &group_;
+		plan_.strip = stripOf(project, group_.name, group_.plant, group_.location);
+
+			//Free terminals always, placed ones only when the action
+			//is allowed to re-group them
+		bool changed_ = !group_.free_terminals.isEmpty();
+		if (move_placed) {
+			for (const auto &entry_ : std::as_const(group_.placed_terminals)) {
+				changed_ = changed_ || entry_.second != plan_.strip;
+			}
+		}
+		if (changed_) {
+			plans.append(plan_);
+		}
+	}
+	if (plans.isEmpty()) {
+		return ImportResult{};
+	}
+
+		//Second phase : the changes, as one undoable step
+	int added_ = 0, moved_ = 0, created_strips_ = 0;
+	auto undo_ = project->undoStack();
+	undo_->beginMacro(move_placed
+		? QCoreApplication::translate("TerminalStripAutoImport",
+									  "Re-group all terminals")
+		: QCoreApplication::translate("TerminalStripAutoImport",
+									  "Assign free terminals"));
+
+	for (const auto &plan_ : std::as_const(plans))
+	{
+		const auto &group_ = *plan_.group;
+
+		bool created_ = false;
+		auto strip_ = plan_.strip;
+		if (!strip_) {
+			strip_ = project->newTerminalStrip(
+				group_.plant, group_.location, group_.name);
+			undo_->push(new AddTerminalStripCommand(strip_, project));
+			++created_strips_;
+			created_ = true;
+		}
+
+		if (!group_.free_terminals.isEmpty()) {
+			undo_->push(new AddTerminalToStripCommand(group_.free_terminals, strip_));
+			added_ += group_.free_terminals.size();
+		}
+			//A terminal whose label prefix or plant and location no
+			//longer match its strip moves to the right one, but only
+			//when the action is allowed to re-group placed terminals
+		if (move_placed)
+		{
+			for (const auto &entry_ : std::as_const(group_.placed_terminals))
+			{
+				if (entry_.second == strip_) {
+					continue;
+				}
+				undo_->push(new MoveTerminalCommand(
+					entry_.first->physicalTerminal(), entry_.second, strip_));
+				++moved_;
+			}
+		}
+			//A strip just created is sorted, a strip already known
+			//keeps the order its user gave it
+		if (created_) {
+			undo_->push(new SortTerminalStripCommand(strip_));
+		}
+	}
+
+	undo_->endMacro();
+	ImportResult result_;
+	result_.terminals = added_ + moved_;
+	result_.strips = created_strips_;
+	return result_;
+}
diff --git a/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripautoimport.h b/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripautoimport.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d3336388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripautoimport.h
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+	Copyright 2006-2026 The QElectroTech Team
+	This file is part of QElectroTech.
+
+	QElectroTech is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	QElectroTech is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with QElectroTech.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+#ifndef TERMINALSTRIPAUTOIMPORT_H
+#define TERMINALSTRIPAUTOIMPORT_H
+
+#include <QString>
+
+class QETProject;
+
+/**
+ * The TerminalStripAutoImport namespace works out the terminal strips of a
+ * project from the labels of its free terminals, so that the user does not
+ * have to create the strips and move the terminals one by one.
+ *
+ * The rule : the name of a strip is the label of its terminals up to the
+ * first colon, "X1:2" giving the strip "X1", as numbered by the terminal
+ * numbering dialog. Terminals whose label holds no colon use the whole
+ * label, terminals with no label are left alone.
+ *
+ * The plant and the location work as follows : they are read from the
+ * terminal and only decide which strip to pick when they are set. An
+ * existing strip with the same name is reused as soon as they are empty
+ * (in most projects the plant and the location live on the strip, not on
+ * the terminals), while a set plant or location must match exactly, a
+ * strip being created when no one matches. That way the import never
+ * builds a second strip for a name that already exists.
+ *
+ * Two actions run this import :
+ * - the default one places free terminals only, it never moves or
+ *   re-sorts a terminal the user already assigned to a strip;
+ * - "re-group all terminals" also moves a placed terminal whose label
+ *   prefix or plant and location no longer match its strip, for the case
+ *   where the user corrects a terminal afterwards. Existing strips are
+ *   never re-sorted.
+ *
+ * The import is idempotent : a second run adds nothing, the terminals
+ * of a strip the user ordered or completed by hand are never re-ordered,
+ * only new terminals are added (at the end of the strip). Only a strip
+ * created by the import itself is sorted. When nothing has to change,
+ * nothing is pushed to the undo stack : the project stays untouched.
+ */
+namespace TerminalStripAutoImport
+{
+	struct ImportResult
+	{
+		int terminals = 0;	///< Terminals added to a strip, moved ones included
+		int strips = 0;		///< Terminal strips created
+	};
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief stripNameForLabel
+	 * @param label : the label of a terminal, for example "X1:2"
+	 * @return the name of the strip holding this terminal, "X1", or an
+	 * empty string when the label holds nothing usable.
+	 */
+	inline QString stripNameForLabel(const QString &label)
+	{
+		const auto label_ = label.trimmed();
+		if (label_.isEmpty()) {
+			return QString();
+		}
+		const auto colon_ = label_.indexOf(QLatin1Char(':'));
+		if (colon_ > 0) {
+			return label_.left(colon_).trimmed();
+		}
+		if (colon_ == 0) {
+			return QString();	//Label starts with ":" : no name before it
+		}
+		return label_;	//No colon : the whole label names the strip
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief importFreeTerminals
+	 * Add every free terminal of @a project to the terminal strip named
+	 * after its label prefix, creating the strip when it does not exist
+	 * yet. Everything happens on the undo stack, as one undoable step.
+	 * @param move_placed : false (default, the "assign free terminals"
+	 * action) only places free terminals, placed ones are never touched.
+	 * True (the "re-group all terminals" action) also moves a placed
+	 * terminal whose label prefix or plant and location no longer match
+	 * its strip. Existing strips are never re-sorted.
+	 * @return What has been done. Empty : nothing was pushed, the
+	 * project is untouched.
+	 */
+	ImportResult importFreeTerminals(QETProject *project, bool move_placed = false);
+}
+
+#endif // TERMINALSTRIPAUTOIMPORT_H
diff --git a/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripdata.h b/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripdata.h
index 191cccadc..b1189507b 100644
--- a/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripdata.h
+++ b/sources/TerminalStrip/terminalstripdata.h
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class TerminalStripData : public PropertiesInterface
 	private :
 		static QDomElement infoToXml(QDomDocument &xml_doc, const QString &name, const QString &value);
 
-		QString m_installation = QStringLiteral("="),
-				m_location = QStringLiteral("+"),
+		QString m_installation,
+				m_location,
 				m_name,
 				m_comment,
 				m_description,
diff --git a/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditorwindow.cpp b/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditorwindow.cpp
index ef7538c49..2d9a7a2eb 100644
--- a/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditorwindow.cpp
+++ b/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditorwindow.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "../../qetproject.h"
 #include "../realterminal.h"
 #include "../terminalstrip.h"
+#include "../terminalstripautoimport.h"
 #include "terminalstripcreatordialog.h"
 #include "terminalstripeditor.h"
 #include "terminalstripeditorwindow.h"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QElapsedTimer>
+#include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QProgressDialog>
 #include <QThread>
 #include <QWindow>
@@ -154,6 +156,11 @@ TerminalStripEditorWindow::TerminalStripEditorWindow(QETProject *project, QWidge
 	ui->m_stacked_widget->insertWidget(EMPTY_PAGE, new QWidget(ui->m_stacked_widget));
 	ui->m_stacked_widget->insertWidget(FREE_TERMINAL_PAGE, m_free_terminal_editor);
 	ui->m_stacked_widget->insertWidget(TERMINAL_STRIP_PAGE, m_terminal_strip_editor);
+
+		//The strips are worked out from the labels of the free terminals,
+		//so that the user does not create them one by one : only the
+		//toolbar actions run the import, opening the window changes
+		//nothing
 }
 
 /**
@@ -176,6 +183,81 @@ void TerminalStripEditorWindow::setProject(QETProject *project)
     m_terminal_strip_editor->setProject(project);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief TerminalStripEditorWindow::importFreeTerminals
+ * Run one of the two import actions of the window, after the user has
+ * confirmed it : @a move_placed false assigns the free terminals only,
+ * true re-groups every terminal and also moves placed ones. Both run as
+ * one undoable step and say what has been done.
+ */
+void TerminalStripEditorWindow::importFreeTerminals(bool move_placed)
+{
+	if (!m_project) {
+		return;
+	}
+		//A reload of the free terminal table would lose its unapplied edits
+	if (m_free_terminal_editor && m_free_terminal_editor->hasPendingEdits())
+	{
+		QMessageBox::information(
+			this, tr("Unapplied edits"),
+			tr("Apply or discard the pending edits of the free terminals "
+			   "table first."));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const auto title_ = move_placed ? tr("Re-group all terminals")
+									: tr("Assign free terminals");
+	const auto text_ = move_placed
+		? tr("Free terminals will be added to the terminal strips named "
+			 "after their labels, and every terminal whose label prefix "
+			 "or plant and location no longer match its strip will be "
+			 "moved to the right strip.\n\n"
+			 "Terminals you placed by hand in a strip whose name does "
+			 "not match their label will be moved too. Existing strips "
+			 "are never re-sorted.\n\n"
+			 "This action can be undone with a single Undo.")
+		: tr("Every free terminal will be added to the terminal strip "
+			 "named after its label (\"X1:2\" goes to the strip \"X1\"), "
+			 "creating the strips when needed.\n\n"
+			 "Terminals that already belong to a strip are not touched "
+			 "and no strip is re-sorted.\n\n"
+			 "This action can be undone with a single Undo.");
+
+	if (QMessageBox::question(this, title_, text_,
+							  QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No,
+							  QMessageBox::No) != QMessageBox::Yes) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const auto result_ = TerminalStripAutoImport::importFreeTerminals(
+		m_project, move_placed);
+	if (result_.terminals == 0 && result_.strips == 0) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	m_tree_dock->reload();
+
+	if (move_placed) {
+		statusBar()->showMessage(
+			tr("%1 terminal(s) assigned or moved to a terminal strip.",
+			   "", result_.terminals).arg(result_.terminals),
+			10000);
+	} else {
+		statusBar()->showMessage(
+			tr("%1 free terminal(s) added to the terminal strips.",
+			   "", result_.terminals).arg(result_.terminals),
+			10000);
+	}
+}
+
+void TerminalStripEditorWindow::on_m_import_free_terminals_triggered() {
+	importFreeTerminals(false);
+}
+
+void TerminalStripEditorWindow::on_m_regroup_terminals_triggered() {
+	importFreeTerminals(true);
+}
+
 void TerminalStripEditorWindow::setCurrentStrip(TerminalStrip *strip) {
 	m_tree_dock->setSelectedStrip(strip);
 }
diff --git a/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditorwindow.h b/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditorwindow.h
index 8786104dc..d8cc75f4b 100644
--- a/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditorwindow.h
+++ b/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditorwindow.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ class TerminalStripEditorWindow : public QMainWindow
 		void on_m_add_terminal_strip_triggered();
 		void on_m_remove_terminal_triggered();
 		void on_m_reload_triggered();
+		void on_m_import_free_terminals_triggered();
+		void on_m_regroup_terminals_triggered();
 		void on_m_button_box_clicked(QAbstractButton *button);
 		void on_m_stacked_widget_currentChanged(int arg1);
 
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ class TerminalStripEditorWindow : public QMainWindow
 		void addTreeDockWidget();
 		void currentStripChanged(TerminalStrip *strip);
 		void updateUi();
+		void importFreeTerminals(bool move_placed);
 
 	private:
 		Ui::TerminalStripEditorWindow *ui{nullptr};
diff --git a/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditorwindow.ui b/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditorwindow.ui
index 710f106b6..a57a129ad 100644
--- a/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditorwindow.ui
+++ b/sources/TerminalStrip/ui/terminalstripeditorwindow.ui
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
    <addaction name="m_add_terminal_strip"/>
    <addaction name="m_remove_terminal"/>
    <addaction name="m_reload"/>
+   <addaction name="m_import_free_terminals"/>
+   <addaction name="m_regroup_terminals"/>
   </widget>
   <action name="m_add_terminal_strip">
    <property name="icon">
@@ -85,6 +87,28 @@
     <string>Reload the terminals</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="m_import_free_terminals">
+   <property name="icon">
+    <iconset theme="list-add"/>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Assign free terminals</string>
+   </property>
+   <property name="toolTip">
+    <string>Add the free terminals to the terminal strips named after their labels ("X1:2" goes to the strip "X1"), creating the strips when needed. Terminals already assigned to a strip are never touched. Asks for confirmation.</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="m_regroup_terminals">
+   <property name="icon">
+    <iconset theme="start"/>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Re-group all terminals</string>
+   </property>
+   <property name="toolTip">
+    <string>Assign the free terminals and also move every terminal whose label prefix or plant and location no longer match its strip. Existing strips are never re-sorted. Asks for confirmation.</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <resources>
   <include location="../../../qelectrotech.qrc"/>