Drag Files and Other Items Without Holding the Mouse Button

Grab and Drop lets you separate picking up an item from dropping it. This is useful when the source and destination are far apart, or when you want to move the pointer through another window before completing the drag.

Caution

Grab and Drop is an Unlocked feature.

Grab items

1. Move the pointer over a file, selected files, text, or another draggable item.
2. In Command Mode, trigger command.grabDraggable. Its default command sequence is G .
3. Move the pointer away from the source. A badge next to the pointer shows how many items are currently held.

You can repeat the grab command at another source to add more items. File URLs are de-duplicated when the same file is grabbed more than once.

Drop items

1. Move the pointer to the destination without holding the mouse button.
2. Trigger command.dropDraggable. Its default command sequence is D .
3. Cursor Crane starts a drag from the current pointer position and releases the held items at the destination.

After the drag session ends, the shelf is cleared and its badge disappears. If the destination does not accept the dragged data, trigger Grab Draggable again before trying another destination.