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It's obvious that Drag&Drop support (dragging components from the Palette to the Layout surface) is really elemental and should be implemented. Results from first and second usability study of new GUI Builder confirmed this clearly.
*** Issue 60647 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
DnD of components from the palette has been implemented.
Verified :)