10.4 can;t drag playlists

right over the last few days I don;t seem to be able to drag anyplaylists into folders, iphone or anywhere else anymore. not sure if this has happened since updating to Lion and latest version of itunes (10.4) but I've only just noticed it. Really annoying to put it mildly!
Anyone else experienced this or now what the problem may be, or how to fix it? Just downloaded an album, created a smart playlist from the purchased section but now can't do anything with the playlist or even get it onto my iphone. No idea what's going on.

Well. My first efforts to search for a solution were poorly executed, because I tried again and found lots of answers.
The problem appears to be using a Wacom driver. See the discussion here and (same thread) here and here. No idea when that will be fixed. I use a 8 or 9 year old Graphire, and drivers have been a problem for most of those. Sigh.
But this experience also made me learn that you can right click to add selections to a playlist.
I even learned how that first column works, which I never knew before.

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