One of the things that I’ve heard people complain over the
years after the release of SharePoint 2010 is the disappearance of Drag &
Drop web parts capability. This feature was useful because it allowed the page
designer to add as many web parts on a page without having to click add and repeating
the process all over again.
This feature is available on SharePoint 2010 with a little manipulation
of the site URL of the page that you want to modify by adding the “?toolpaneview=2”
If your URL is http://sharepoint_portal/pages/default.aspx,
replace it with http://sharepoint_portal/pages/?toolpaneview=2
By making this small change, the “Add Web Parts” zone is
displayed on the right hand side of the page similar to what was available in
SharePoint 2007 and WSS 3.0 and from here on you can happily drag and drop. v