# When dragging an unselected image in a rich text editor, it is uploaded repeatedly

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-dragging-an-unselected-image-in-a-rich-text-editor-it-is-uploaded-repeatedly/402566
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** composer
**Created:** [9 במאי,‏ 2026,‏ 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-dragging-an-unselected-image-in-a-rich-text-editor-it-is-uploaded-repeatedly/402566 "2026-05-09T13:40:34Z")
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### Author: ![Noble\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ad7895/32.png) [@Noble\_Fish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noble_Fish)
#### Post date: [11 במאי,‏ 2026,‏ 10:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-dragging-an-unselected-image-in-a-rich-text-editor-it-is-uploaded-repeatedly/402566/13 "2026-05-11T10:23:58Z")

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Perhaps you are lucky enough to have never encountered this bug 😃 but regardless, in the video below I demonstrate the key press flow that triggers the two operations, upload and move, using KeyCastOW, so that you and others can clearly understand the specific process.

  
_Upload - Press the left mouse button and drag directly_

  
_Move - Press the left mouse button to click and then drag_

By the way, I just tested using your cat (`![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/8/4/c84af711be6e56b1fa1500710edd6869364935da.png)`) and your other image (`![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/9/8/89898942816045cca658884fa050bacd20f3cdfb.jpeg)`), and found that neither of them could trigger this issue.

I suggest you use `![image](/images/discourse-logo-sketch-small.png)` for testing; at least it is known to me as a test material that can reliably reproduce the issue. If you cannot reproduce the issue using it, perhaps you are just that lucky. 😉

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