- A new menu has been discovered when you pull and droplet files in Windows 11
- Currently only available in a (very) early version of an upcoming Windows 11 update
- Could it be enough to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade?
Microsoft is struggling to convince some people to upgrade to Windows 11 – but a new feature that is currently being tested could make people change their minds.
The feature is known as ‘Drag Tray’ and as Toms Hardware points out, it appears when the user selects and pulls a file in File Explorer that offers quick settings to send the file via E email or to your smartphone.
The truba was discovered by X User Phantomofearth in an early version of an upcoming Windows 11 update, known as Insider Preview Build 22635.4805.
Microsoft is experimenting with a new file that shares a user interface in Windows 11: “Drag Tray”. When you pull a file, the tray appears at the top of the screen with a pull here to share hint and list a few apps. Has a multiple adjustment button to open the stock sheet. (Hidden, beta 22635.4805) pic.twitter.com/lxpktwkzu2January 24, 2025
As you can see from the video, dragging a file from File Explorer and dropping it on an icon of an app in the draft tray open the app and automatically attaches the file. It looks pretty smooth, and being able to pull and release a file from your Windows 11 -PC to your smartphone can prove to be incredibly useful.
However, it seems that it seems that this feature works best with Microsoft’s own apps -it uses the phone link app to send files to your phone, and either Outlook or Mail to send the file via an E email – Attachment.
This should not be too surprising as it is obviously easier for Microsoft to integrate new features like this one with its own apps, but if you use another E -Mail client, such as Thunderbird, you may not get the best experience. However, everything is not lost as in the video, we can see a ‘multiple settings’ button that looks like it allows you to choose other apps.
It is also worth remembering that this is only a short video clip without a lot of context-so we do not know if you are able to choose and rearrange the apps that appear in the drag tray or if third-party apps appear if you have them installed and they are simply not in the video as the user only uses Microsoft apps.
When do we get it?
Another important consideration is that this seems to be a very early glimpse of the traction tray function, and that means the finished product could look very different from what we see here – and that means, too, that multiple apps could be supported.
It certainly looks like it could be a very useful addition to Windows 11, and if it works well, it can convince people who still use Windows 10 to upgrade to the newer operating system. This is a key target for Microsoft as there is still a significant 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 it can leave Windows 10 teamouts in a difficult situation.
Adding cool new 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 more tongue -handed attempts in the past.
However, we do not know at the moment when we can expect a truba tray to arrive. As Toms Hardware points out, Microsoft did not even mention a tract tray in its release notes for the update, and it is currently only available using a third-party app called Vivetool.
This suggests the feature is very Early in development, so don’t expect it soon. Presumably, Microsoft will continue to work on the feature and release it to Windows -Insiders for testing in the coming months, when people who have signed up to be insidious can test it out and report back if there are any errors or problems.
Assuming that everything is going on the plan, Microsoft could roll a draft tray for all Windows 11 users in the future. How long it will take is someone’s guess and there is also the risk of the company not continuing to work on it and calmly falls the function completely.
That would be a shame as adding new features like this to make Windows 11 easier to use is the best way Microsoft can convince people to upgrade from Windows 10 – and it will also benefit those of us who are already using Windows 11.
