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The release info for Build 926 (viewtopic.php?p=43765#p43765) says that it has

Implemented: Tab can be moved per drag&drop to other panel if on drop the Ctrl key is pressed

and that is how it works in my later Build 946 64-bit Donor Portable


But I would like to suggest adding another option: that would allow users to outright choose the default behavior without the Control key being pushed down i.e. if a Tab should be copied or moved when it is dragged and dropped to the opposite Panel with usage of merely the Left Mouse Button

I personally 99/100 times need to move a Tab and not merely copy it - thus until that update I was being forced to perform an aftermath cleanup, often prolonged due to a Tab having been locked (i.e. had to deal also with a pop-up to allow closure of the leftover / original). Now I can use the the CTRL for averting of that step - but I often operate when laying down on a bad, thus with a remote mini-keyboard by my side but not in my hands, like it is then in case of the mouse which is the go-to input device. And an ability to operate with just a mouse is very handy for people with certain physical disabilities

Workaround, using only mouse: right click the tab, "Move tab to other panel".

Thank you for the suggestion

Unfortunately it is a weak workaround, cause it requires too much work to be done:

#1] Click with RMB

#2] Move pointer down to middle of long list

#3] Click with LMB

#4] (When not being satisfied with the Tab being placed as the last one in the opposite Panel) Push down LMB on the Tab

#5] Drag the Tab

#6] Release the button

That is 6 steps total instead of just 3 (i.e. steps #4-6) if my propositions would get implemented and I would choose this newly proposed setting of not having to push down also the CTRL key

And if this proposition of mine gets ever implemented, then the current behavior with CTRL should of course remain as it is