Lightroom drag and drop not working

[FW071919]

I have Lightroom classic and running most recent version of Catalina.  My drag and drop dragging photos into collections is not working.  I know it's not the computer because I can drag things around on my desktop.  I want to organize photos into collections and I cannot get anything to drag - whether a single photo or several at a time.  

[johnrellis]

You have to drag photos within LR by dragging from the center of the thumbnail itself, not the grey border around it. (This is a long-time misfeature of LR that trips up many people.)

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[Michael E Leslie]

I can not drag and drop to move files or to put into collection as of the last update 9.4.  And I am dragging from the center of the thumbnail.

[dj_paige]

I am not having this problem in Lightroom Classic 9.4, Windows 10.

Are you sure you are dragging into a Collection, and not a smart collection or collection set?

[johnrellis]

"I can not drag and drop to move files or to put into collection as of the last update 9.4.  And I am dragging from the center of the thumbnail."

First troubleshooting steps to figure out what's going wrong:

- Try making a new collection -- can you drag into that?

- Right-click one of the problem collections and do Set As Target Collection. Then right-click one of the problem photos and do Add To Target Collection.  Does that work?

- Try making a new test catalog, import a few photos into it, and make a new collection -- can you drag photos into that?

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[Michael E Leslie]

I can't dray and drop to collections or any othe folders

[dj_paige]

When you point your mouse at a photo and then hold the mouse button and drag, even if you drag a millimeter or two, you should see a teeny tiny thumbnail and hand icon, both of which move to where you drag it. Do you see that?

[Just Shoot Me]

Screen shot of what dj_paige is referring to.

[vivienrk]

Dragging from the desktop into Lightroom Library wouldn't work until I disconnected my mobile phone from the laptop!

[Tara29424702css8]

Is this topic still open? I'm also having this issue. I can technically drag the photos around, but the collections show with a "no" symbol (circle & slash) when I try to drop into them. I have shut down my computer multiple times and reset preferences and none have made any difference. My mobile isn't connected to the computer. 

[lindaa26785308]

I'm having the exact same issue.  any suggestions?

[Carlos29440557lf22]

I had the same problem. I just turned my computer off and on again and the problem was solved.

[Tara29424702css8]

I'm glad that worked for you. It has not worked for me unfortunately. 

[johnrellis]

@Tara29424702css8, this is an old thread. I recommend you start a new thread, describing in detail the exact steps you're taking and what you see. Include the exact version of LR you're running.  Best would be to make a full-resolution screen recording of the entire LR window showing the bad behavior and attach it to your post.