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December 18, 2025
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Cannot reorder Tools in the All Tools Panel

  • December 18, 2025
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Hello. I am unable to reorder Tools in the Tools Panel on the left of the screen. The instructions I've found online seem to indicate that I should be able to "Drag and Drop" tools in my preferred order. However, I cannot select any of the Tools to Drag them.

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Participant
July 25, 2026

I can reproduce the same behavior on a recent Acrobat version. The documentation suggests drag-and-drop should work, but in practice it seems inconsistent depending on the UI version or recent updates.

One thing that helped me narrow it down was checking whether the new Acrobat experience was enabled, updating to the latest build, and then testing with a fresh user profile. If it still doesn't work after that, it does feel more like a product limitation or bug than a configuration issue.

I also found this guide helpful while comparing different troubleshooting approaches:. It explains technical problems in a straightforward way and helped me think through the possible causes before assuming something was wrong with my installation.

Hopefully Adobe can confirm whether this behavior is expected or if it's something that will be addressed in a future update, since it looks like multiple users are running into the same issue.

Participating Frequently
July 24, 2026

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creative explorer
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Community Expert
December 18, 2025

@Joseph5CBC I don't think you can 'Drag and Drop' tools in the modern and new Acrobat Interface; you would need to 'Disable nw Acrobat,' under View, and go back to the Classic Interface if you want to Drag and Drop

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Participant
December 18, 2025

In this video at 2:20, Adobe says to drag and drop tools in the new interface, but it does not work.

Participating Frequently
July 24, 2026

I have same problem.   It does say you can drag and drop, but the “Move up” and “Move down” options (when you right-click) don’t work either.