New Windows 11 file explorer can't drag and drop in address bar

this is "good" only if you are copying a few files between two folders and this is not a problem really. But using this method you can't sort files if you have a structure like this C:/Archive/2023/Portfolio/Designs/Temp. let's say in this folder you have many files, some are sources some are other things now being in this folder you can drag your files for future sorting into other folders right? For example, you want to drag and drop into designs and there is another file that is not connected with the portfolio at all but is from 2023 so you can drag and drop it into the 2023 folder, and so on. So this cut and paste in this case will give you a headache and something that would take a minute will take 5 its a waste of time and productivity.

Please don't get me wrong. I was never saying that cut and paste is a substitute for drag and drop to the address bar. I was only pointing out that cut and paste may be easier than drag and drop to an interim location (at least in some cases).

I too want to see the return of drag and drop to the address bar. It's removal is a downgrade. For now, I'll stick with Windows 10 or, if I must use Windows 11, I'll revert Explorer to the previous version or the Windows 10 version, as long as that's still possible.

As a person with repetitive stress injury (RSI), I'm trying to minimise the amount of clicks that I'm making. But Microsoft.. Well they don't care about health standards and disabilities, instead of making things better and faster they are making them slower and worse. Great design!

this is "good" only if you are copying a few files between two folders and this is not a problem really. But using this method you can't sort files if you have a structure like this C:/Archive/2023/Portfolio/Designs/Temp. let's say in this folder you have many files, some are sources some are other things now being in this folder you can drag your files for future sorting into other folders right? For example, you want to drag and drop into designs and there is another file that is not connected with the portfolio at all but is from 2023 so you can drag and drop it into the 2023 folder, and so on. So this cut and paste in this case will give you a headache and something that would take a minute will take 5 its a waste of time and productivity.

The problem is you need to switch folder again to come back to where you was. So many useless operations and loss of time.

And if you don't mind using the keyboard, you can do:

Ctrl X

-- Switch folders

Ctrl V