# Cards in a Board can’t be dragged unless assigned

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cards-in-a-board-can-t-be-dragged-unless-assigned/412644
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** fixed, boards
**Created:** [17 september 2026 om 11:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cards-in-a-board-can-t-be-dragged-unless-assigned/412644 "2026-09-17T11:47:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [17 september 2026 om 11:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cards-in-a-board-can-t-be-dragged-unless-assigned/412644/1 "2026-09-17T11:47:41Z")

</div>

I haven’t find a spot where to drag a card. If I assign it, then I can use shown avatar for dragging. UX, a bug or a feature?

iPad/iPhone, the latest Discourse (upgraded an hour or so ago)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [17 september 2026 om 14:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cards-in-a-board-can-t-be-dragged-unless-assigned/412644/2 "2026-09-17T14:30:50Z")

</div>

Yes I could repro this too, drag and drop is effectively not working at all on iOS.

We have a new core implementation of drag and drop functionality that we can swap in here to improve things.

Working on that here:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/43773>
>
> Currently the custom drag and drop implementation doesn't work for cards on \`/bo…ards\` using iOS. This moves cards, columns, and auto-scroll onto the ui-kit drag and drop modifiers which gets drag and drop working on touch devices using our new standard implementation.

Update: This has been merged and deployed to Meta, and I can confirm that drag and drop works much better on mobile now!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [17 september 2026 om 16:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cards-in-a-board-can-t-be-dragged-unless-assigned/412644/3 "2026-09-17T16:01:27Z")

</div>

Thanks! Works nicely.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [19 september 2026 om 16:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cards-in-a-board-can-t-be-dragged-unless-assigned/412644/4 "2026-09-19T16:12:49Z")

</div>