Element drag & drop in element inspector no longer works

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Element drag & drop in element inspector no longer works

Justin Freeze 0

Sometime in the past few weeks, Edge (and all Chromium browsers I've tested) no longer allows users to drag and drop individual elements within element inspector. This was a very useful tool for web design and troubleshooting. Is there a way to re-enable this functionality?

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Hi Justin Freeze,

Since the behavior is occurring across multiple Chromium-based browsers, it may be related to a recent change in Chromium DevTools rather than an Edge-specific setting.

As a quick check, you may want to:

Test the same page using a different Edge profile or InPrivate window.
Verify whether the behavior is consistent across multiple websites, including a simple local HTML test page.
Check the Edge DevTools Experiments settings (Settings > Experiments) to see if any recent DevTools features can be toggled.

If the functionality is no longer available across Chromium-based browsers, it may indicate a design change or regression within the underlying Chromium DevTools platform. In that case, submitting feedback through Edge's built-in feedback tool (Alt + Shift + I) can help the engineering teams investigate the behavior further.

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