Microsoft is working on a new file-sharing feature in Windows 11, internally called the "Drag Tray,". Being hidden in Beta 22635.4805 build, is designed to make file sharing more convenient and intuitive. When you drag a file, a Share panel appears at the top of your screen, displaying a subtle "Drag here to share" prompt. Also, it lists, a small set of compatible apps and services that can receive the file, greatly saving the user's time.
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Here's how it looks. The button with three dots opens the familiar Share dialog box.
You may have already noticed that the same panel at the top of the screen appears for the Snap Layouts. If you drag an open window to the top edge of the desktop, you'll see a panel with a list of suggested layouts. With layouts, you can quickly prepare your workspace for the task at hand, since you don't have to manually place windows on the screen and adjust their sizes.
Being a work in progress the Drag Tray Share panel is hidden in Windows 11 Build 22635.4805 (Beta). But if you are interested in trying it right now, you can use ViVeTool. Follow the steps below.
- Get the ViVeTool app from GitHub.
- Extract the files from the downloaded archive to the C:\ViVeTool folder.
- Now, hit the Win + X keys on the keyboard and select Terminal(Admin) from the opened menu.
- In the Command prompt or PowerShell tab of Terminal, enter the command
c:\vivetool\vivetool /enable /id:45624564,53397005,48433719and press Enter. - Make sure the command prompt displays the message "Successfully set feature configuration, " and restart your computer to apply the changes.
That's it.
You can disable the new feature with the following undo command:
c:\vivetool\vivetool /disable /id:45624564,53397005
Don't forget to run it as Administrator in the Terminal app or in the Command Prompt.
Thanks to @phantomofearth for everything.
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