User level: Level 1 (12 points)Golden Gate 27.0.1 dragging an item to the toolbar opens mission control. Is this intentional, are there system settings to revert to being able to drag and drop an item to an application in the toolbar?
Posted on Oct 8, 2026 4:10 AM
User level: Level 9 (72,871 points)Oct 8, 2026 4:30 AM in response to Sans Culottes
There is a setting to control that behavior.
More info from Apple: View open windows and spaces in Mission Control on Mac - Apple Support
User level: Level 9 (77,942 points)Oct 16, 2026 8:16 AM in response to skalnik
I have to ask: are you really dragging a window onto a menu bar extra? This doesn’t look like a feature that I have ever seen on the mac. Maybe these applications used some trick to allow the behavior and that has ceased to work in the new os? In any case, I ‘d follow the suggestion to contact the developer of the app.
Also: you may consider adding a custom keyboard shortcut for the action that is intended.
User level: Level 10 (125,838 points)Oct 8, 2026 5:09 AM in response to Sans Culottes
Sans Culottes wrote:
Barney - apologies Menu Bar. I drag items to the DEVONthink (DT) icon in the menu bar in order to display a drop down menu that lets me file a copy to DT. This is a key part of my workflow for getting mail into DT
You should contact Devon. They are using the status menu item for a function that isn’t supported by the OS. It is quite possible that changes in Golden Gate have broken that functionality and only Devon can solve that for you.
User level: Level 10 (125,838 points)Oct 8, 2026 4:26 AM in response to Sans Culottes
to drag and drop an item to an application in the toolbar?
Do you mean the Menu Bar. Specifically the Status Menu area on the right side of the Menu Bar?
Toolbars are at the top of document windows.
If it is the menu bar, there is a setting in Desktop & Dock System Settings that allows you to drag a window to the top to open Mission Control. Turning that off might fix your issue. I don’t know why you are trying to drag things to the menu bar so I can’t really test that out. The Menu Bar isn’t designed to receive items.
User level: Level 9 (72,871 points)Oct 8, 2026 5:29 AM in response to Sans Culottes
Sans Culottes wrote:
Thanks for your suggestion. I have toggled that on and off a number of times, it is now set to off and the issue remains
Is it Mission Control being activated, or the window becoming full screen (another possible result of dragging a window to the Menu Bar)? If you're dragging a file, that wouldn't happen, but if you are dragging a window then ensure the setting in Desktop & Dock > Windows section, Drag windows to menu bar to fill screen is also off.
If you've done all of that and still have the issue, than as @Barney-15E suggests, contact the developer of the app/utility that you are using.
User level: Level 1 (17 points)Nov 9, 2026 8:39 AM in response to Sans Culottes
Everyone encountering this, update to 27.2 and disable "Drag windows...". The setting does nothing pre 27.2. What a terrible idea from Apple, they keep dumbing down the MacOS and adding weird features no one asked for.
User level: Level 1 (12 points)Nov 7, 2026 7:53 AM in response to skalnik
27.2 appears to have solved the problem for me too.
User level: Level 1 (20 points)Nov 5, 2026 2:31 PM in response to Sans Culottes
Great news! Seems like more recent versions of macOS fix this. No longer seems to be a problem for me in 27.2
User level: Level 9 (72,871 points)Oct 16, 2026 8:30 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
Reportedly, apps like this one allow you to drag a file to the Menu Bar icon.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quick-access-for-google-drive/id6754816629?mt=12
I'm sure there are other apps that have (had?) the same functionality. It seems there were some 'under the hood' changes to the Menu Bar in Golden Gate.
User level: Level 1 (12 points)Oct 16, 2026 9:22 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
No, I am dragging emails, files etc onto what DT call their "sorter" which was in the menu bar. I have now repositioned the sorter to the side of the screen, and thus avoid triggering mission control. Thanks for your suggestion
User level: Level 1 (12 points)Oct 8, 2026 4:45 AM in response to Barney-15E
Barney - apologies Menu Bar. I drag items to the DEVONthink (DT) icon in the menu bar in order to display a drop down menu that lets me file a copy to DT. This is a key part of my workflow for getting mail into DT
User level: Level 1 (20 points)Oct 15, 2026 9:39 PM in response to Sans Culottes
This is happening to me too. The Drag windows to the top of screen option is disabled, and sure enough dragging a window to the top doesn't do anything, but dragging a file does. I, too, use an app that lets you drag files into a menu extra, and find this super frustrating.
User level: Level 1 (4 points)Oct 21, 2026 1:07 PM in response to skalnik
Same here. I'm not using DevonTHINK and have quit all third-party apps that could possibly be causing this, but the issue persists no matter how many times I toggle off the option. Claude also couldn't figure out what the issue is. It's so infuriating!
User level: Level 1 (12 points)Oct 8, 2026 4:43 AM in response to neuroanatomist
Thanks for your suggestion. I have toggled that on and off a number of times, it is now set to off and the issue remains
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256372439