ITunes 11 - Dragging unselected playlists to playlist folder?

I created a playlist folder so I can organize my playlists better, but after dragging a few playlists into the folder it begins to drag playlists that I did NOT select. There's nothing wrong with my eyes, I've recreated this problem multiple times and it horrible because you cannot drag playlists back OUT of the folders. Is anyone else experiencing this? I am on a Mac, not Windows btw..

Yes. iTunes on my Mac has exactly the same problem, and at least one of my friends confirmed that they have observed the problem, too. I'm guessing that 99% of iTunes users have simply never try to drag-and-drop playlists. Otherwise, there would be a riot about this. Moving a *different* playlist than the one that was dragged is quite literally the most egregious UI bug that I have ever seen in professionally-written software. And it's also one of the most frustrating because I know of no other way to move playlists to a different folder.
But let's be clear about one thing: dragging playlists out to the top level is a different issue that has been an annoyance for years. Yes, it can be done, but you have to find a spot where the little blue line appears, and the area where that line appear is usually so small that, unless you have the steadiness of an open-heart surgeon in your mouse-hand, the line will probably have disappeared by the time you release the mouse button.

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