diff --git a/src/apps/chat/components/composer/Composer.tsx b/src/apps/chat/components/composer/Composer.tsx
index b2530f199..433bd2c05 100644
--- a/src/apps/chat/components/composer/Composer.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/chat/components/composer/Composer.tsx
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ import { ComposerTextAreaActions } from './textarea/ComposerTextAreaActions';
 import { StatusBar } from '../StatusBar';
 import { TokenBadgeMemo } from './tokens/TokenBadge';
 import { TokenProgressbarMemo } from './tokens/TokenProgressbar';
+import { useComposerDragDrop } from './useComposerDragDrop';
 import { useComposerStartupText } from './store-composer';
-import { useDragDrop } from './useComposerDragDrop';
 
 
 const zIndexComposerOverlayMic = 10;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export function Composer(props: {
   const llmAttachmentDraftsCollection = useLLMAttachmentDrafts(attachmentDrafts, props.chatLLM);
 
   // drag/drop
-  const { dragContainerSx, dragDropComponent, handleDragEnter, handleDragStart } = useDragDrop(!!props.isMobile, attachAppendDataTransfer);
+  const { dragContainerSx, dropComponent, handleContainerDragEnter, handleContainerDragStart } = useComposerDragDrop(!props.isMobile, attachAppendDataTransfer);
 
   // ai functions
   const agiAttachmentPrompts = useAgiAttachmentPrompts(useChatAutoSuggestAttachmentPrompts(), attachmentDrafts);
@@ -572,8 +572,8 @@ export function Composer(props: {
 
         <Grid
           container
-          onDragEnter={handleDragEnter}
-          onDragStart={handleDragStart}
+          onDragEnter={handleContainerDragEnter}
+          onDragStart={handleContainerDragStart}
           spacing={{ xs: 1, md: 2 }}
           sx={stableGridSx}
         >
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ export function Composer(props: {
           </Grid>
 
           {/* overlay: Drag & Drop*/}
-          {dragDropComponent}
+          {dropComponent}
 
         </Grid>
 
diff --git a/src/apps/chat/components/composer/useComposerDragDrop.tsx b/src/apps/chat/components/composer/useComposerDragDrop.tsx
index a919894f3..37abe5bfa 100644
--- a/src/apps/chat/components/composer/useComposerDragDrop.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/chat/components/composer/useComposerDragDrop.tsx
@@ -1,84 +1,15 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import type { SxProps } from '@mui/joy/styles/types';
-import { Card, Typography } from '@mui/joy';
-import AttachFileRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/AttachFileRounded';
+import { useDragDropDataTransfer } from '~/common/components/useDragDropDataTransfer';
 
 
-const zIndexComposerOverlayDrop = 20;
-
-
-const containerSx: SxProps = {
-  position: 'relative', /* for Drop overlay */
-} as const;
-
-const inactiveCardSx: SxProps = {
-  display: 'none',
-  position: 'absolute',
-  inset: 0,
-  pointerEvents: 'none',
-  zIndex: zIndexComposerOverlayDrop,
-} as const;
-
-const draggingCardSx: SxProps = {
-  ...inactiveCardSx,
-  pointerEvents: undefined,
-  border: '1px dashed',
-  borderRadius: 'sm',
-  boxShadow: 'inset 1px 0px 3px -2px var(--joy-palette-success-softColor)',
-  display: 'flex',
-  alignItems: 'center',
-  justifyContent: 'center',
-  gap: 2,
-} as const;
-
-
-export function useDragDrop(
-  disabled: boolean,
+export function useComposerDragDrop(
+  enabled: boolean,
   onDataTransfer: (dataTransfer: DataTransfer, type: 'paste' | 'drop', isDropOnTextarea: boolean) => Promise<any>,
 ) {
 
-  // state
-  const [isDragging, setIsDragging] = React.useState(false);
-
-
-  // handlers
-
-  const eatDragEvent = React.useCallback((event: React.DragEvent) => {
-    event.preventDefault();
-    event.stopPropagation();
-  }, []);
-
-
-  const handleExtDragEnter = React.useCallback((event: React.DragEvent) => {
-    const isFromSelf = event.dataTransfer.types.includes('x-app/agi');
-    if (!isFromSelf) {
-      eatDragEvent(event);
-      setIsDragging(true);
-    }
-  }, [eatDragEvent]);
-
-  const handleExtDragStart = React.useCallback((event: React.DragEvent) => {
-    event.dataTransfer.setData('x-app/agi', 'do-not-intercept');
-  }, []);
-
-
-  const handleDragLeave = React.useCallback((event: React.DragEvent) => {
-    eatDragEvent(event);
-    setIsDragging(false);
-  }, [eatDragEvent]);
-
-  const handleDragOver = React.useCallback((event: React.DragEvent) => {
-    eatDragEvent(event);
-    // this makes sure we don't "transfer" (or move) the item, but we tell the sender we'll copy it
-    event.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'copy';
-  }, [eatDragEvent]);
-
-  const handleDrop = React.useCallback(async (event: React.DragEvent) => {
-    eatDragEvent(event);
-    setIsDragging(false);
-
-    const { dataTransfer } = event;
+  // drop implementation for the composer
+  const handleComposerDrop = React.useCallback(async (dataTransfer: DataTransfer) => {
 
     // VSCode: detect failure of dropping from VSCode, details below:
     //         https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/98629#issuecomment-634475572
@@ -106,34 +37,8 @@ export function useDragDrop(
 
     // textarea drop
     void onDataTransfer(dataTransfer, 'drop', true); // fire/forget
-  }, [eatDragEvent, onDataTransfer]);
 
+  }, [onDataTransfer]);
 
-  const dropComponent = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (disabled) return null;
-
-    return (
-      <Card
-        color={isDragging ? 'success' : undefined}
-        variant={isDragging ? 'soft' : undefined}
-        invertedColors={isDragging}
-        onDragLeave={handleDragLeave}
-        onDragOver={handleDragOver}
-        onDrop={handleDrop}
-        sx={isDragging ? draggingCardSx : inactiveCardSx}
-      >
-        {isDragging && <AttachFileRoundedIcon sx={{ width: 36, height: 36, pointerEvents: 'none' }} />}
-        {isDragging && <Typography level='title-sm' sx={{ pointerEvents: 'none' }}>
-          I will hold on to this for you.
-        </Typography>}
-      </Card>
-    );
-  }, [handleDragLeave, handleDragOver, handleDrop, isDragging, disabled]);
-
-  return {
-    dragContainerSx: containerSx,
-    dragDropComponent: dropComponent,
-    handleDragEnter: handleExtDragEnter,
-    handleDragStart: handleExtDragStart,
-  };
+  return useDragDropDataTransfer(enabled, 'I will hold on to this for you.', handleComposerDrop);
 }
diff --git a/src/common/components/useDragDropDataTransfer.tsx b/src/common/components/useDragDropDataTransfer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..574751d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/components/useDragDropDataTransfer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import type { SxProps } from '@mui/joy/styles/types';
+import { Card, Typography } from '@mui/joy';
+import AttachFileRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/AttachFileRounded';
+
+
+// constants
+const zIndexComposerOverlayDrop = 20;
+const EXCLUDE_SELF_TYPE = 'x-app/agi';
+
+
+// styles
+
+const dragContainerSx: SxProps = {
+  position: 'relative', /* for Drop overlay */
+} as const;
+
+const dropCardInactiveSx: SxProps = {
+  display: 'none',
+  position: 'absolute',
+  inset: 0,
+  pointerEvents: 'none',
+  zIndex: zIndexComposerOverlayDrop,
+} as const;
+
+const dropCardDraggingCardSx: SxProps = {
+  ...dropCardInactiveSx,
+  pointerEvents: undefined,
+  border: '1px dashed',
+  borderRadius: 'sm',
+  boxShadow: 'inset 1px 0px 3px -2px var(--joy-palette-success-softColor)',
+  display: 'flex',
+  alignItems: 'center',
+  justifyContent: 'center',
+  gap: 2,
+} as const;
+
+
+// Drag/Drop that can be used in any component and invokes a DataTransfer callback on success
+
+export function useDragDropDataTransfer(enabled: boolean, dropText: string, onDropCallback: (dataTransfer: DataTransfer) => Promise<any>) {
+
+  // state
+  const [isDragging, setIsDragging] = React.useState(false);
+
+
+  const _eatDragEvent = React.useCallback((event: React.DragEvent) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    event.stopPropagation();
+  }, []);
+
+
+  // Container events
+
+  const handleContainerDragEnter = React.useCallback((event: React.DragEvent) => {
+    const isFromSelf = event.dataTransfer.types.includes(EXCLUDE_SELF_TYPE);
+    if (!isFromSelf) {
+      _eatDragEvent(event);
+      setIsDragging(true);
+    }
+  }, [_eatDragEvent]);
+
+  const handleContainerDragStart = React.useCallback((event: React.DragEvent) => {
+    event.dataTransfer.setData(EXCLUDE_SELF_TYPE, 'do-not-intercept');
+  }, []);
+
+
+  // Drop Target events
+
+  const _handleDragOver = React.useCallback((event: React.DragEvent) => {
+    _eatDragEvent(event);
+    // this makes sure we don't "transfer" (or move) the item, but we tell the sender we'll copy it
+    event.dataTransfer.dropEffect = 'copy';
+  }, [_eatDragEvent]);
+
+  const _handleDragLeave = React.useCallback((event: React.DragEvent) => {
+    _eatDragEvent(event);
+    setIsDragging(false);
+  }, [_eatDragEvent]);
+
+  const _handleDrop = React.useCallback(async (event: React.DragEvent) => {
+    _eatDragEvent(event);
+    setIsDragging(false);
+    await onDropCallback(event.dataTransfer);
+  }, [_eatDragEvent, onDropCallback]);
+
+
+  const dropComponent = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (!enabled) return null;
+
+    return (
+      <Card
+        color={isDragging ? 'success' : undefined}
+        variant={isDragging ? 'soft' : undefined}
+        invertedColors={isDragging}
+        onDragLeave={_handleDragLeave}
+        onDragOver={_handleDragOver}
+        onDrop={_handleDrop}
+        sx={isDragging ? dropCardDraggingCardSx : dropCardInactiveSx}
+      >
+        {isDragging && <AttachFileRoundedIcon sx={{ width: 36, height: 36, pointerEvents: 'none' }} />}
+        {isDragging && <Typography level='title-sm' sx={{ pointerEvents: 'none' }}>
+          {dropText}
+        </Typography>}
+      </Card>
+    );
+  }, [enabled, isDragging, _handleDragLeave, _handleDragOver, _handleDrop, dropText]);
+
+
+  return {
+    dragContainerSx,
+    dropComponent,
+    handleContainerDragEnter,
+    handleContainerDragStart,
+    isDragging,
+  };
+}