- A new menu has been spotted when you drag and drop files in Windows 11
- Currently available only in a (very) first version of a next Windows 11 update
- Would it be enough to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade?
Microsoft is struggling to convince some people to go to Windows 11 – but a new feature that is currently tested could change your mind.
The functionality is known as `Drag Tray ‘, and as Tom hardware underlines, it appears when the user selects and drags a file in File Explorer, offering quick options to send the file by email Or on your smartphone.
The drag tray was spotted by the user of X Phantomofearth in a first version of a next update of Windows 11, known as the Build of Insider preview 22635.4805.
Microsoft is experimenting with a new file sharing user interface in Windows 11: The “Slipping tray”. When you drag a file, the tray is displayed at the top of the screen with a drag here to share a clue and lists some applications. To a button more options to open the sharing sheet. (Hidden, beta 22635.4805) pic.twitter.com/lxpktwkzu2January 24, 2025
As you can see in the video, slide a file from the file explorer and place it on an icon of an application in the drag tray will open the application and automatically attach the file. It looks smoothly, and being able to drag and delete a file from your Windows 11 PC to your smartphone could be incredibly useful.
However, judging by the video, it seems that this function will work better with the own Microsoft applications – it uses the telephone link app to send files to your phone, and either outlook or by mail to send the file via An e-mail attachment.
This should not be too surprising, because it is obviously easier for Microsoft to integrate new features like this with its own applications, but if you use a different messaging client, like Thunderbird, then you will not get -Itre the best experience. Everything is not lost, however, as in the video, we can see a button “more options”, which seems to allow you to choose other applications.
It is also worth keeping in mind that it is just a short video clip without too much context – so we do not know if you are able to choose and reorganize the applications displayed in the set dredging, or if third -party applications appear if you have installed them, and they are simply not in the video because the user only uses Microsoft applications.
When are we going to get it?
Another important consideration is that it seems to be a very early overview of the functionality of the Drag plateau, and it means that the finished product could look and behave much different from what we see here – and that also means that more applications could be supported.
It certainly seems that this could be a very useful addition to Windows 11, and if it works well, it could convince people who still use Windows 10 to go to the more recent operating system. This is a key goal for Microsoft, because there is still a large number of Windows 10 users who do not want to change, but after October 14, 2025, the company will stop supporting Windows 10 with free updates , and that could leave Windows 10 Holduts in a delicate situation.
The addition of new nice features like this to Windows 11 is a much better way to convince people to move to the operating system than some of Microsoft’s heavier attempts in the past.
However, we do not currently know when we can expect the Drag plateau to arrive to arrive. As Tom’s equipment points out, Microsoft did not even mention the tray to slip into its publication notes for update, and it is currently found by using a third -party application called Vivetool.
This suggests that the functionality is very At the start of development, so don’t expect that to soon. Presumably, Microsoft will continue to work on functionality and publish it in Windows Insiders to test in the coming months, where people who have registered to be initiates can test it and report if there are bugs or problems.
Assuming that everything goes as planned, Microsoft could deploy a tray to slide to all Windows 11 users in the future. The time it takes is the assumption of anyone, and there is also the risk that the company does not continue to work on it, and drop the functionality quietly.
It would be a shame, because the addition of new features like this to make Windows 11 easier to use is the best way in which Microsoft can convince people to go from Windows 10 – and this will also benefit those of We who already use Windows 11.
