idea Limit or Disable Drag and Drop from Catalog in ArcGIS Pro Ideas

Limit or Disable Drag and Drop from Catalog

ZacharyUhlmann1 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:09:41 GMT

Posted this Idea as Question a couple years ago. We really need the ability to prevent accidentally file moving in Catalog. Specifically, lock drag and drop moving of files in the Catalog Pane or require confirmation via prompt prior to executing the move. With the lag from Pro, specifically over networks, and human nature - we accidentally move items weekly at our company.

I thought in Desktop had this functionality?

Please!

Orig Post: Limit Drag and Drop (2024)

thanks,

Zach

Re: Limit or Disable Drag and Drop from Catalog

D_Atkins — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:58:57 GMT

I don't need this function when my workstation is docked ... but when I'm in the field with just a trackpad, this would be great!

Re: Limit or Disable Drag and Drop from Catalog

vanesch — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:58:45 GMT

I put together an add-in that might help with this. It's pretty simple right now but it allows you to temporarily turn off drag-and-drop in a Pane.

https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=560984cf7a0e4c21bcd3d6bc2f7f7e6a

Re: Limit or Disable Drag and Drop from Catalog

DuncanHornby — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:24:48 GMT

@vanesch I clicked on your link out of interest but AGOL blocks it as it appears you are not sharing it.

Re: Limit or Disable Drag and Drop from Catalog

vanesch — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:17:26 GMT

Oops, should be public now.