What is the trick to dragging a video into the timeline *the first time*?

This has been mildly frustrating for years now, and I thought I'd actually finally ask on the forums if there's a trick to it.  What can I do so when I drag a video from the media area to the timeline, it works the first time?  Generally I have to drag it 2 or 3 times before it actually works.  What's the trick to it?  Is there a key combo I can hit before dragging it or something?

Thanks