diff --git a/apps/web/src/data/en/index.ts b/apps/web/src/data/en/index.ts
index 55bde91db2..dc2a9d855e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/data/en/index.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/data/en/index.ts
@@ -852,6 +852,8 @@ export const loggedInData = {
           mathFormula: 'Math formula (%ctrlOrCmd% + M)',
           code: 'Code (%ctrlOrCmd% + ⇧ + `)',
           blank: 'Blank',
+          createBlank: 'Create Blank',
+          removeBlank: 'Remove Blank',
           bold: 'Bold (%ctrlOrCmd% + B)',
           italic: 'Italic (%ctrlOrCmd% + I)',
           noItemsFound: 'No items found',
@@ -903,7 +905,7 @@ export const loggedInData = {
         },
         textAreaExercise: {
           title: 'Text Box Exercise',
-          description: 'A big text box for long answers. No feedback.'
+          description: 'A big text box for long answers. No feedback.',
         },
         scMcExercise: {
           title: 'SC/MC Exercise',
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/hooks/use-formatting-options.tsx b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/hooks/use-formatting-options.tsx
index 905db0d25e..28d1c2d60e 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/hooks/use-formatting-options.tsx
+++ b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/hooks/use-formatting-options.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import {
   faListOl,
   faListUl,
   faSquareRootVariable,
-  faXmark,
 } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
 import { onKeyDown as slateListsOnKeyDown } from '@prezly/slate-lists'
 import { FaIcon } from '@serlo/frontend/src/components/fa-icon'
@@ -227,12 +226,27 @@ function createToolbarControls(
   ctrlKey: string
 ): ControlButton[] {
   const allFormattingOptions = [
+    // Blank (For Fill in the Blank Exercises)
+    {
+      name: TextEditorFormattingOption.textBlank,
+      title: textStrings.createBlank,
+      activeTitle: textStrings.removeBlank,
+      isActive: isBlankActive,
+      onClick: toggleBlank,
+      group: 'blank',
+      renderIcon: () => (
+        <span className="relative -top-0.25 mx-1 mb-1 rounded-lg border-2 border-current px-1.5 py-0.25 text-[13px] font-bold">
+          {textStrings.blank}
+        </span>
+      ),
+    },
     // Bold
     {
       name: TextEditorFormattingOption.richTextBold,
       title: textStrings.bold,
       isActive: isBoldActive,
       onClick: toggleBoldMark,
+      group: 'default',
       renderIcon: () => <EditorSvgIcon pathData={editorBold} />,
     },
     // Italic
@@ -241,6 +255,7 @@ function createToolbarControls(
       title: textStrings.italic,
       isActive: isItalicActive,
       onClick: toggleItalicMark,
+      group: 'default',
       renderIcon: () => <EditorSvgIcon pathData={editorItalic} />,
     },
     // Link
@@ -249,6 +264,7 @@ function createToolbarControls(
       title: textStrings.link,
       isActive: isLinkActive,
       onClick: toggleLink,
+      group: 'default',
       renderIcon: () => <EditorSvgIcon pathData={editorLink} />,
     },
     // Headings
@@ -257,8 +273,8 @@ function createToolbarControls(
       title: textStrings.headings,
       closeMenuTitle: textStrings.closeSubMenu,
       isActive: isAnyHeadingActive,
+      group: 'default',
       renderIcon: () => <EditorSvgIcon pathData={editorText} />,
-      renderCloseMenuIcon: () => <FaIcon icon={faXmark} />,
       subMenuButtons: ([1, 2, 3] as const).map((level) => ({
         name: TextEditorFormattingOption.headings,
         title: `${textStrings.heading} ${level}`,
@@ -275,12 +291,12 @@ function createToolbarControls(
       title: textStrings.colors,
       closeMenuTitle: textStrings.closeSubMenu,
       isActive: () => false,
+      group: 'default',
       renderIcon: (editor: SlateEditor) => {
         const colorIndex = getColorIndex(editor)
         const color = colorIndex ? textColors[colorIndex].value : 'black'
         return <ColorTextIcon color={color} />
       },
-      renderCloseMenuIcon: () => <FaIcon icon={faXmark} />,
       subMenuButtons: [
         {
           name: TextEditorFormattingOption.colors,
@@ -315,6 +331,7 @@ function createToolbarControls(
       title: textStrings.orderedList,
       isActive: isSelectionWithinOrderedList,
       onClick: toggleOrderedList,
+      group: 'lists',
       renderIcon: () => <FaIcon className="h-[15px]" icon={faListOl} />,
     },
     // Unordered list
@@ -323,6 +340,7 @@ function createToolbarControls(
       title: textStrings.unorderedList,
       isActive: isSelectionWithinUnorderedList,
       onClick: toggleUnorderedList,
+      group: 'lists',
       renderIcon: () => <FaIcon className="h-[15px]" icon={faListUl} />,
     },
     // Math
@@ -331,6 +349,7 @@ function createToolbarControls(
       title: textStrings.mathFormula,
       isActive: isMathActive,
       onClick: toggleMath,
+      group: 'default',
       renderIcon: () => (
         <FaIcon className="h-[15px]" icon={faSquareRootVariable} />
       ),
@@ -341,20 +360,9 @@ function createToolbarControls(
       title: textStrings.code,
       isActive: isCodeActive,
       onClick: toggleCode,
+      group: 'default',
       renderIcon: () => <FaIcon className="h-[15px]" icon={faCode} />,
     },
-    // Blank (For Fill in the Blank Exercises)
-    {
-      name: TextEditorFormattingOption.textBlank,
-      title: textStrings.blank,
-      isActive: isBlankActive,
-      onClick: toggleBlank,
-      renderIcon: () => (
-        <span className="relative -top-0.5 rounded-lg border-2 border-current px-1 text-[10px] font-bold">
-          _
-        </span>
-      ),
-    },
   ].map((option) => {
     return {
       ...option,
@@ -362,7 +370,7 @@ function createToolbarControls(
     }
   })
 
-  return allFormattingOptions.filter((option) =>
-    formattingOptions.includes(TextEditorFormattingOption[option.name])
-  )
+  return allFormattingOptions.filter(({ name }) =>
+    formattingOptions.includes(TextEditorFormattingOption[name])
+  ) as ControlButton[]
 }
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/plugin-toolbar-text-control-button.tsx b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/plugin-toolbar-text-control-button.tsx
index 619ac555df..9c40123b66 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/plugin-toolbar-text-control-button.tsx
+++ b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/plugin-toolbar-text-control-button.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function PluginToolbarTextControlButton({
         active
           ? 'bg-editor-primary-200 text-almost-black shadow-menu hover:text-black'
           : '#b6b6b6 hover:text-editor-primary',
-        'b-0 m-1 h-6 w-6 cursor-pointer rounded p-0 outline-none',
+        'b-0 m-1 h-6 w-auto min-w-[1.5rem] cursor-pointer rounded p-0 outline-none',
         'serlo-tooltip-trigger'
       )}
       data-qa={`plugin-toolbar-button-${
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/plugin-toolbar-text-controls.tsx b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/plugin-toolbar-text-controls.tsx
index 2f502208af..94d1b9bc98 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/plugin-toolbar-text-controls.tsx
+++ b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/plugin-toolbar-text-controls.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-import { useState } from 'react'
+import { faXmark } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
+import { Fragment, useState } from 'react'
 import { Editor as SlateEditor } from 'slate'
 
 import { PluginToolbarTextControlButton } from './plugin-toolbar-text-control-button'
 import type { NestedControlButton, ControlButton } from './types'
+import { FaIcon } from '@/components/fa-icon'
 
 export interface PluginToolbarTextControlsProps {
   controls: ControlButton[]
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ export function PluginToolbarTextControls({
 
   const mathActive = controls.find(isMath)?.isActive(editor)
   const blankActive = controls.find(isBlank)?.isActive(editor)
+  const isSpecialMode = mathActive || blankActive
 
   if (typeof subMenu !== 'number') {
     return (
@@ -36,21 +39,33 @@ export function PluginToolbarTextControls({
         {controls.map((control, index) => {
           if (mathActive && !isMath(control)) return null
           if (blankActive && !isBlank(control)) return null
+
+          const next = controls.at(index + 1)
+          const showSeparator =
+            !isSpecialMode && !!next && next.group !== control.group
+
           return (
-            <PluginToolbarTextControlButton
-              active={control.isActive(editor)}
-              tooltipText={control.title}
-              onMouseDown={(event) => {
-                event.preventDefault()
-                event.stopPropagation()
-                isNestedControlButton(control)
-                  ? setSubMenu(index)
-                  : control.onClick(editor)
-              }}
-              key={index}
-            >
-              {control.renderIcon(editor)}
-            </PluginToolbarTextControlButton>
+            <Fragment key={control.title}>
+              <PluginToolbarTextControlButton
+                active={control.isActive(editor)}
+                tooltipText={
+                  control.isActive(editor) &&
+                  Object.hasOwn(control, 'activeTitle')
+                    ? control.activeTitle
+                    : control.title
+                }
+                onMouseDown={(event) => {
+                  event.preventDefault()
+                  event.stopPropagation()
+                  isNestedControlButton(control)
+                    ? setSubMenu(index)
+                    : control.onClick(editor)
+                }}
+              >
+                {control.renderIcon(editor)}
+              </PluginToolbarTextControlButton>
+              {showSeparator ? <span className="opacity-30"> | </span> : null}
+            </Fragment>
           )
         })}
       </>
@@ -66,7 +81,7 @@ export function PluginToolbarTextControls({
       return false
     },
     renderIcon() {
-      return activeControl.renderCloseMenuIcon()
+      return <FaIcon icon={faXmark} />
     },
     onClick() {
       setSubMenu(undefined)
@@ -77,20 +92,22 @@ export function PluginToolbarTextControls({
 
   return (
     <>
-      {subMenuControls.map((control, index) => (
-        <PluginToolbarTextControlButton
-          active={control.isActive(editor)}
-          tooltipText={control.title}
-          onMouseDown={(event) => {
-            event.preventDefault()
-            control.onClick(editor)
-            setSubMenu(undefined)
-          }}
-          key={index}
-        >
-          {control.renderIcon(editor)}
-        </PluginToolbarTextControlButton>
-      ))}
+      {subMenuControls.map((control, index) => {
+        return (
+          <PluginToolbarTextControlButton
+            active={control.isActive(editor)}
+            tooltipText={control.title}
+            onMouseDown={(event) => {
+              event.preventDefault()
+              control.onClick(editor)
+              setSubMenu(undefined)
+            }}
+            key={index}
+          >
+            {control.renderIcon(editor)}
+          </PluginToolbarTextControlButton>
+        )
+      })}
     </>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/types.ts b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/types.ts
index 0fac6700f8..0eaf187154 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/types.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/editor-ui/plugin-toolbar/text-controls/types.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export enum TextEditorFormattingOption {
   richTextBold = 'richTextBold',
   richTextItalic = 'richTextItalic',
   textBlank = 'textBlank',
+  separator = 'separator',
 }
 
 export type ControlButton = ActionControlButton | NestedControlButton
@@ -18,16 +19,19 @@ export type ControlButton = ActionControlButton | NestedControlButton
 interface ActionControlButton {
   name: TextEditorFormattingOption
   title: string
+  activeTitle?: string
   isActive(editor: SlateEditor): boolean
+  group: 'blank' | 'default'
   onClick(editor: SlateEditor): void
   renderIcon(editor: SlateEditor): React.ReactNode
 }
 
 export interface NestedControlButton {
+  name: TextEditorFormattingOption
   title: string
   closeMenuTitle: string
   subMenuButtons: ActionControlButton[]
   isActive(editor: SlateEditor): boolean
+  group: undefined
   renderIcon(editor: SlateEditor): React.ReactNode
-  renderCloseMenuIcon(): React.ReactNode
 }