Introduction

Drag & Drop is a function that’s with us almost from the beginning of our digital, GUI-oriented world. With Drag & Drop we can drag files from our File Explorer to our mail client. We can drag audio/video files to our media editor. Or, most importantly, we can drag cat photos to the conversation window we have opened with our significant one. However there’s a myth going arround that states that Drag & Drop cannot be used by blind people. And while the matter is more complicated on desktop computers, today I am going to debunk this myth by showing you how to perform accessible D & D straight from our iPhone.

What can be dragged?

In iOS, most stock apps offer us the Drag & Drop functionality of sorts. We can drag files to Messages, messagest o files, safari tabs to messages ETC. However in today’s example I am going to show you how can you link your E-Mails with the Reminders app in order to make the important E-Mails stay in the spotlight.

Recipe

  1. Open the Mail app.
  2. Focus the message you want to Drag.
  3. Focus the “Action” rotor.
  4. Select the “Drag” action and double tap it.
  5. Now, our element is in our hands. We can move it arround wherever we want.
  6. Open Reminders.
  7. Choose a list where you want to drop your item.
  8. In the “Actions” rotor, select “Drop on item” action.

Now, our Reminder will be created, and the Mail will be put in the reminder as a link.

I hope you have found this useful. In case of questions, feel free to contact me! I am happy if I hear from you.