The taskbar in Windows 11 is possibly the most divisive aspect of the new operating system, with many of the changes despised by users – but the good news is that Microsoft which is popular because of its Office 365 applications appears to be listening to user feedback by correcting one of the most common concerns.
Unlike earlier versions of Windows, you can’t drag and drop apps onto the taskbar to create fast shortcuts to your favorite programs with Windows 11. You can’t also drag and drop files onto taskbar app icons to launch them in the app of your choosing.
The taskbar was also fixed to the bottom of the screen, making it impossible to shift it to the side or top, as some users wanted. These limits are quite inconvenient since they hinder Windows 11 users from completing simple and straightforward operations that were previously possible. Worse, there was no evident explanation for the removal of drag and drop capabilities.
As a result, there has been vociferous opposition to the modifications, and according to Windows Report, Microsoft will add this much-desired function, but it won’t be available until 2022.
We’ll most likely see the feature first via the Insider Preview Dev Channel, which is an early copy of Windows 11 that lets anyone, particularly app developers, test out new features before they’re sent out to the general Windows 11 user base.
According to Research Snipers, drag and drop functionality would be available “after the Christmas holidays in Redmond,” which corresponds with the release of the Windows 11 22H1 upgrade.
