From 792a26800b8fedc5768e20aa80e3036e54fa4f0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oscarkilhed <oscar.kilhed@grafana.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 09:31:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove panel selection during drag that opens edit pane

The code was selecting the panel after the drag distance threshold was reached,
which caused the edit pane to open during dragging. This was unintended behavior.
---
 .../scene/DashboardLayoutOrchestrator.tsx        | 16 +---------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardLayoutOrchestrator.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardLayoutOrchestrator.tsx
index 3304364bfeb..ef9bb042f6d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardLayoutOrchestrator.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardLayoutOrchestrator.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   VizPanel,
   SceneGridItemLike,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import { createPointerDistance, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { DashboardScene } from './DashboardScene';
 import { AutoGridLayoutManager } from './layout-auto-grid/AutoGridLayoutManager';
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ export class DashboardLayoutOrchestrator extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardLayout
 
   private _sourceDropTarget: DashboardDropTarget | null = null;
   private _lastDropTarget: DashboardDropTarget | null = null;
-  private _pointerDistance = createPointerDistance();
-  private _isSelectedObject = false;
   private _tabActivationTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
   private _lastHoveredTabKey: string | null = null;
   /** Track if item was detached from source during cross-tab drag */
@@ -117,9 +115,6 @@ export class DashboardLayoutOrchestrator extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardLayout
   }
 
   public startDraggingSync(evt: ReactPointerEvent, gridItem: SceneGridItemLike): void {
-    this._pointerDistance.set(evt);
-    this._isSelectedObject = false;
-
     const dropTarget = sceneGraph.findObject(gridItem, isDashboardDropTarget);
 
     if (!dropTarget || !isDashboardDropTarget(dropTarget)) {
@@ -575,15 +570,6 @@ export class DashboardLayoutOrchestrator extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardLayout
     this._lastCursorX = evt.clientX;
     this._lastCursorY = evt.clientY;
 
-    if (!this._isSelectedObject && this.state.draggingGridItem && this._pointerDistance.check(evt)) {
-      this._isSelectedObject = true;
-      const gridItem = this.state.draggingGridItem?.resolve();
-      if (gridItem && 'state' in gridItem && 'body' in gridItem.state && gridItem.state.body instanceof VizPanel) {
-        const panel = gridItem.state.body;
-        this._getDashboard().state.editPane.selectObject(panel, panel.state.key!, { force: true, multi: false });
-      }
-    }
-
     // Check for tab hover to enable tab switching during drag
     this._checkTabHover(evt.clientX, evt.clientY);