diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
index 985bb9926e..0fc260ef88 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
@@ -247,7 +247,10 @@ let pendingImeModelEmit = false;
 type SelectionCaseMode = "upper" | "lower";
 let executableStatementRangeCache: ExecutableStatementRangeCache | null = null;
 let editorScrollbarPointerCleanup: (() => void) | null = null;
+let editorSelectionDragCleanup: (() => void) | null = null;
+let editorSelectionDropCursorEl: HTMLDivElement | null = null;
 const EDITOR_SCROLLBAR_POINTER_GUTTER_PX = 18;
+const EDITOR_SELECTION_DRAG_THRESHOLD_PX = 6;
 const tableNavigationHoverClass = "query-editor--table-navigation-hover";
 const DBX_VIM_SAVE_EVENT = "dbx-vim-save";
 
@@ -542,6 +545,144 @@ function registerEditorScrollbarPointerGuard(currentView: EditorViewType) {
   };
 }
 
+function selectedRangeAtPointer(currentView: EditorViewType, event: MouseEvent) {
+  if (props.readOnly || event.button !== 0) return null;
+  if (!currentView.contentDOM.contains(event.target as Node | null)) return null;
+  const range = currentView.state.selection.main;
+  if (range.empty) return null;
+  const pos = currentView.posAtCoords({ x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY }, false);
+  if (pos == null || pos < range.from || pos > range.to) return null;
+  return { from: range.from, to: range.to, text: currentView.state.sliceDoc(range.from, range.to) };
+}
+
+function moveOrCopySelectionToPointer(currentView: EditorViewType, selection: { from: number; to: number; text: string }, event: MouseEvent) {
+  const dropPos = currentView.posAtCoords({ x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY }, false);
+  if (dropPos == null) return false;
+  const copy = event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey;
+  if (!copy && dropPos >= selection.from && dropPos <= selection.to) return true;
+
+  const insert = { from: dropPos, insert: selection.text };
+  const changes = copy ? currentView.state.changes(insert) : currentView.state.changes([{ from: selection.from, to: selection.to }, insert]);
+  currentView.dispatch({
+    changes,
+    selection: {
+      anchor: changes.mapPos(dropPos, -1),
+      head: changes.mapPos(dropPos, 1),
+    },
+    scrollIntoView: true,
+    userEvent: copy ? "input.drop" : "move.drop",
+  });
+  currentView.focus();
+  return true;
+}
+
+function hideEditorSelectionDropCursor() {
+  editorSelectionDropCursorEl?.remove();
+  editorSelectionDropCursorEl = null;
+}
+
+function updateEditorSelectionDropCursor(currentView: EditorViewType, event: MouseEvent) {
+  const pos = currentView.posAtCoords({ x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY }, false);
+  if (pos == null) {
+    hideEditorSelectionDropCursor();
+    return;
+  }
+  const coords = currentView.coordsAtPos(pos);
+  if (!coords) {
+    hideEditorSelectionDropCursor();
+    return;
+  }
+  const ownerDocument = currentView.dom.ownerDocument;
+  const cursor = editorSelectionDropCursorEl ?? ownerDocument.createElement("div");
+  if (!editorSelectionDropCursorEl) {
+    cursor.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
+    cursor.className = "dbx-editor-selection-drop-cursor";
+    // Use a fixed overlay instead of CodeMirror's internal drop cursor layer so
+    // the marker stays visible above selection layers, themes, and scrollers.
+    cursor.style.position = "fixed";
+    cursor.style.zIndex = "2147483647";
+    cursor.style.width = "2px";
+    cursor.style.pointerEvents = "none";
+    cursor.style.backgroundImage = "repeating-linear-gradient(to bottom, #e879f9 0 4px, transparent 4px 7px)";
+    cursor.style.filter = "drop-shadow(0 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7))";
+    ownerDocument.body.appendChild(cursor);
+    editorSelectionDropCursorEl = cursor;
+  }
+  cursor.style.left = `${Math.round(coords.left) - 1}px`;
+  cursor.style.top = `${Math.round(coords.top)}px`;
+  cursor.style.height = `${Math.max(16, Math.round(coords.bottom - coords.top))}px`;
+}
+
+function startEditorSelectionDrag(currentView: EditorViewType, event: MouseEvent): boolean {
+  const selection = selectedRangeAtPointer(currentView, event);
+  if (!selection) return false;
+
+  event.preventDefault();
+  event.stopPropagation();
+  if (!event.ctrlKey && !event.metaKey) {
+    emit("closeColumnPanel");
+  }
+  editorSelectionDragCleanup?.();
+  const startX = event.clientX;
+  const startY = event.clientY;
+  let dragging = false;
+
+  const cleanup = () => {
+    currentView.contentDOM.ownerDocument.removeEventListener("mousemove", onMove, true);
+    currentView.contentDOM.ownerDocument.removeEventListener("mouseup", onUp, true);
+    currentView.contentDOM.ownerDocument.removeEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown, true);
+    hideEditorSelectionDropCursor();
+    editorSelectionDragCleanup = null;
+  };
+
+  const onMove = (moveEvent: MouseEvent) => {
+    const distance = Math.hypot(moveEvent.clientX - startX, moveEvent.clientY - startY);
+    if (!dragging && distance < EDITOR_SELECTION_DRAG_THRESHOLD_PX) return;
+    dragging = true;
+    if (moveEvent.ctrlKey || moveEvent.metaKey) {
+      currentView.contentDOM.style.cursor = "copy";
+    } else {
+      currentView.contentDOM.style.cursor = "move";
+    }
+    updateEditorSelectionDropCursor(currentView, moveEvent);
+    moveEvent.preventDefault();
+    moveEvent.stopImmediatePropagation();
+  };
+
+  const onUp = (upEvent: MouseEvent) => {
+    cleanup();
+    currentView.contentDOM.style.cursor = "";
+    upEvent.preventDefault();
+    upEvent.stopImmediatePropagation();
+    if (dragging) {
+      moveOrCopySelectionToPointer(currentView, selection, upEvent);
+      return;
+    }
+    const pos = currentView.posAtCoords({ x: upEvent.clientX, y: upEvent.clientY });
+    if (pos != null) {
+      currentView.dispatch({ selection: { anchor: pos }, userEvent: "select.pointer" });
+      currentView.focus();
+    }
+  };
+
+  const onKeyDown = (keyEvent: KeyboardEvent) => {
+    if (keyEvent.key !== "Escape") return;
+    cleanup();
+    currentView.contentDOM.style.cursor = "";
+    keyEvent.preventDefault();
+    keyEvent.stopImmediatePropagation();
+  };
+
+  currentView.contentDOM.ownerDocument.addEventListener("mousemove", onMove, true);
+  currentView.contentDOM.ownerDocument.addEventListener("mouseup", onUp, true);
+  currentView.contentDOM.ownerDocument.addEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown, true);
+  editorSelectionDragCleanup = () => {
+    cleanup();
+    currentView.contentDOM.style.cursor = "";
+  };
+  return true;
+}
+
 function executeFromContextMenu() {
   if (!canExecuteContextSql.value) return;
   requestExecute();
@@ -2472,6 +2613,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
       trimmedSelectionLayer(),
       selectionMatchOccurrences(),
       dropCursor(),
+      EditorView.dragMovesSelection.of((event) => !event.ctrlKey && !event.metaKey),
       EditorState.allowMultipleSelections.of(true),
       indentOnInput(),
       syntaxHighlighting(defaultHighlightStyle, { fallback: true }),
@@ -2593,6 +2735,10 @@ onMounted(async () => {
         },
         mousedown: (event: MouseEvent) => {
           clearTableNavigationHover();
+          const currentView = view.value;
+          if (currentView && startEditorSelectionDrag(currentView, event)) {
+            return true;
+          }
           // Click without modifier -> close column panel
           if (!event.metaKey && !event.ctrlKey) {
             if (event.button === 0) {
@@ -2603,7 +2749,6 @@ onMounted(async () => {
           // Only handle Ctrl/Cmd + left click
           if (event.button !== 0) return false;
 
-          const currentView = view.value;
           if (!currentView || !props.connectionId || props.database == null) {
             return false;
           }
@@ -2913,6 +3058,7 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
     viewportRestoreFrame = null;
   }
   editorScrollbarPointerCleanup?.();
+  editorSelectionDragCleanup?.();
   view.value?.scrollDOM.removeEventListener("scroll", scheduleEditorViewportEmit);
   window.removeEventListener("keyup", clearTableNavigationHoverOnModifierRelease);
   window.removeEventListener("blur", clearTableNavigationHover);