Disable drag&drop in solution explorer

Question

Is there a way to disable the drag&drop functionality for Solution Explorer? Why would you ask? I\'m using an wacom pen tablet for quite some years and I love it. But when y

Answer 1

I looks like they have finally attempted to enable this functionality in 2017 Community (15.7.5)

Tools -> Options -> Projects and Solutions -> General -> "Prompt before moving files to a new location"

I say attempted because I have still had occasions where this setting hasn't displayed the dialog box, so as of V15.7.5 it is a little buggy still.

Answer 2

Sadly, turning off the drag and drop function in the Sollution Explorer is not possible.

Edit: The third post (by a Microsoft employee) in this Microsoft Forum thread confirms this.

Edit: Judging from this entry on Microsoft connect it also looks like this is something they have no intention of improving.

Answer 3

There is a plugin to Visual Studio 2010 that will prompt you drag & drop files in Solution Explorer: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/d491911d-97f3-4cf6-87b0-6a2882120acf