"Place" in Photoshop

In Bridge I can see a file and go "File>Place In Photoshop" (or InDesign come to that).
In LightRoom I can "edit>open as smart object" and then drag the layer to the document that I am working on. I'm wondering if there is a similar function to "place" that I have not found yet which will allow one step "place" rather than "open and then drag"?
Thanks.

Thank you, Ian. That was what I guessed but I thought I'd ask anyway. Maybe when LR3 comes out of beta it will have it!

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