Cannot customize toolbars by dragging/dropping buttons

I enable the Customization mode by clicking on "Customize..." in the right-click popup menu of a toolbar. Firefox enters the customization mode just fine. I can grip any existing toolbar button (the cursor changes to the hand wnen I am over it), then I can drag this button... Oops! The only place I can drop it is exactly its old position! Elsewhere, the cursor changes to that crossed ring that means no. Cannot drag buttons between toolbars, cannot pick up buttons from the well in the middle of the screen and place them, cannot remove buttons, cannot rearrange. The only thing I can do is to take a button for a walk, and drop it back where it was.
Is is a known problem with a known fix?
Firefox 31.3.0 esr on Windows 7 64 bit.

What about right-clicking the useless button and then choosing Remove from Toolbar?
The controls on the main toolbar are stored in a preference in about:config, but it could be messy to edit...
(1) In a new tab, type or paste '''about:config''' in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button promising to be careful.
(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste '''cust''' and pause while the list is filtered
(3) Double-click the '''browser.uiCustomization.state''' preference and copy the contents, then paste into Notepad or another text-editor of your choice.
The part after "nav-bar": lists the current buttons on the bar. I tested changing the order of two controls and pasting that back and then launching a new window, but nothing was different. I don't want to restart Firefox right now, so this test is indeterminate.
Perhaps it would be useful to "reset" the toolbar layout? In Customize mode, click the Restore Defaults button on the bottom line of the dialog. Does that let you operate the customize feature more normally?

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