Panels are Stuck in Panel Group Columns, Cannot Switch Columns or Become Floating Panels

[angelas57599994]

If this is intended, it's really not functional for me. I've read this article, which doesn't explain why I cannot drag any of the panels out to become floating tabs or other organizational functionality. They can only shuffle within their group and be extended, opened and closed.

The panels in my PS will NOT

+ be moved to create new groups
+ move panels between groups
+ be moved around within columns for ordering

+ be popped out to be a floating, moveable panel

This behaviour has been retroactively applied to older workspaces I've saved as well, where floating panels are now saved into these unmoveable panel groups, rendering previous workspaces unuseable.

Using Photoshop 24.2.0, but this bug has persisted through numerous updates.
I am using a Windows PC on Windows 10.

Repro

0) Restart PC
1) Start Photoshop through task bar shortcut

2) Have panels open or open a set of panels through Window > [ Panel name ] OR through Window > Workspace > [ Workspace Name ] OR through the Workspace dropdown menu of previous saved workspaces.

3) Use your mouse, finger (on touch) or Wacom Pen to click, hold and drag the panels from any clickpoint to perform any functionality that would be expected, see above article.

Result

The panel will not move or perform most of the expected functionality.

Notes

The state of number of documents open, from 0 to 10+ does not change the lack of functionality.
Other panels continue to be floating, not docked. If they are docked, they will become stuck there as well.

[angelas57599994]

Scratch the touch element, I might be misremebering my experience on a separate device. This is what I'm experiencing on my standing tower PC, no touch. I still experience this whether I switch from Mouse to Wacom Pen.

[angelas57599994]

This is still a large issue in my workflow. As a 15+ year customer, I feel constantly ignored by this giant company. Most recently, a panel I've never docked is now docked. It was a core, moveable element of my workflow, and its stuck with all of the other panels. Please fix this issue, or at least address my post.

Short of deleting and reinstalling Photoshop, reoganizing and renaming all of the options of my plugins, what can I do?

[jane-e]

@angelas57599994 

Because it's not clear, when you drag the floating Color panel and try to Dock it, do you try to position the panel or do you watch for the blue line that indicates the Drop Zone? You have to watch where the cursor is (not the panel) and drag the cursor to the correct position.

I don't recognize the eye and brushes panel or the sunburst with artist's palette. Are they custom panels? Is it only the custom panels that misbehave?

Where are you grabbing the panels when you try to move them?

Jane