Drag/Drop of Widgets not working in 3.1?

  • Drag & Drop of widgets doesn’t seem to work anymore. I’ve tried both Firefox 3.6.15 (my primary browser) and IE7, so I’m confident it is not a browser issue.

    If I put my pointer over a widget (anywhere), I get the crosshairs, but then can’t drag/move them. For now, I must “Enable Accessibility Mode” on the Widgets page and Add/Remove/Hide widgets manually. Not a huge deal, but certainly less convenient.

    Is this a “bug” or was the feature removed for compatibility reasons?

    (I’m using v3.1, but I only recently noticed this “problem”, so it may go back several WP versions.)

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  • Quicknote

    (@quicknote)

    Seven months since the last reply to this topic, has anyone got a solution? This is happening to me right now, and as a result I no longer have a functioning website, ergo, no online aspect to my business.

    AstroGremlin

    (@astrogremlin)

    Actually, the plugin Use Google Libraries is a solution. I’ve used it for five months to correct the drag and drop not working on menus problem, and it fixed several other problems. My load time is very fast. Would love to hear a better solution . . . if there is one. Until then, it works.

    AstroGremlin

    (@astrogremlin)

    At the risk of being accused of spamming, I’m attempting to post this article link Drag and Drop Not Working which describes my experience with Use Google Libraries. Includes a comment from a person it helped.

    When a better alternative is available, would love to hear it. So far haven’t seen one.

    Thread Starter Mugsy

    (@mugsy)

    Quicknote,

    Some modified themes break Drag & Drop. The only no-mod “solution” is to simply disable Accessibility Mode (drag & drop) and just use the “Add” function to add widgets manually.

    AccMode is enabled/disabled simply by clicking “Screen Options” on the Widgets menu. When it is enabled, DnD’ing of widgets is replaced with an “Add” link to the right of each widget.

    Hope this helps.

    Quicknote

    (@quicknote)

    Mugsy:

    Screen Options ALSO doesn’t work.

    EDIT:

    Well, despite being apprehensive due to reading that it’s not a solution and it’s just patching over the problem, I installed Use Google Libraries, and now everything works as if by magic.

    It may not be a solution, but at least it actually works.

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