Drag and Drop Option in SharePoint 2013 Document Library

In this article I would like to share a way to upload the document and edit the document properties in a SharePoint 2013 Document Library.

How to upload the document by drag and drop

“A Document Library is a collection of files that you can share with you team members as documents.”

Use the following procedure to upload the document using drag and drop in a SharePoint2013 Document Library.

Step 1: Open the Document Library in SharePoint that you have created already.



Step 2: Open the Windows Explorer in your machine as shown below:



Step 3: Then drag the document from the Windows Explorer and drop it into your Document Library as shown below:



Step 4: When you have dropped the document, you can see the upload progress as in the following:



The document will be uploaded after the progress has completed.


How to edit the document properties in a library

Use the following procedure to edit document properties:

Step 1: Go to your library as shown below:



Step 2: Check on the document you want to edit the properties of.



Step 3: Then click on "Files" in the top ribbon bar as shown below:



Step 4: On the ribbon there will be an option to edit the properties for the selected document. Then click on “Edit Properties” from the ribbon, you will get the following page.



Step 5: On the edit page you can provide the title and also you can change the document as your wish.



Step 6: Then click on the “Save” button to save the changes. Document properties will be edited.



For edit and delete the document you can visit the following article:

Document Library Creation in SharePoint 2013 Online

Summary

In this article we have explored drag and drop to the document in a SharePoint Document Library and how to edit the document properties.