How to use drag and drop on your new ipad

In 2017, with the arrival of iOS 11, multitasking took a big step forward on the iPad. The introduction of the Drag & Drop function already allowed us to drag and drop links, text, images and files between different applications. Now, with the performance enhancements introduced with iOS 12, and the incredible greater power of the new iPad Pro, this feature becomes more useful than ever, especially when it comes to productivity. If you are still learning how to use the iPad that you dropped at Christmas, you will definitely want to know how to take advantage of this advantage.

Do Drag & Drop and increase your productivity

With the Drag & Drop function you can drag and drop text fragments, links to blogs, web pages and social media, photos, documents and more between different applications (as long as the developer has implemented compatibility with this function), and without using other intermediate applications. So, it's a great way to do things like add photos, document, or links in an email, save files from an email in the Files app, add images to a notebook in GoodNotes, share links with friends in Messages, and more.

To use Drag & Drop :

1. Press and hold a link, a text you have selected, a photo or a file within any application on the iPad. Without lifting your finger from the selected object, start moving your finger on the screen of your iPad in the typical gesture of dragging. Now you just have to drop in the application where you want to place that object: in Mail, in Pages, in GoodNotes, in Messages, etc.

This function is especially useful when we have two applications open at the same time using the split screen function, although you can also open the destination application by touching it from the home screen, using the App Switcheer application selector, or "invoking" the dock by sliding Another finger up from the bottom of the screen. In addition, you can also drag and drop multiple files simultaneously. For example, to Drag & Drop multiple photos at once:

1. Touch and hold a photo in the Photos app. Start dragging. Without lifting your finger from the screen, use another finger to touch (and add) the photos you want. Finish dragging the selected pack to the destination application. and release.