Drag & drop layer

Hi,
I would like to drag & drop a layer into a other document when document are viewed as tabs.
I tried to drop the layer on top of the tab of another document, but it doesn't work. When in tab view mode, the only way is to copy and paste. But, I prefered when I can drag & drop layer, this way it keeps layer name.
Is there a way to drag & drop layer on document that are displayed as tab?
thanks for your help.

You can do it in tabs mode. Just drag the layer to the destination tab, wait a minute, the tab will pop to the front and let you drag the layer over. The trick is that you must drag the layer from the document window (using the move tool), not the layer icon from the layers panel. If I am confused then it's the other way around (I don't use tabs).

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/*--------------VERSION CONTROL
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