diff --git a/frontend/src/features/gallery/components/CurrentImagePreview.tsx b/frontend/src/features/gallery/components/CurrentImagePreview.tsx
index d000a81e82..2f83b6c2d4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/gallery/components/CurrentImagePreview.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/gallery/components/CurrentImagePreview.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { IconButton, Image } from '@chakra-ui/react';
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { DragEvent, useState } from 'react';
 import { FaAngleLeft, FaAngleRight } from 'react-icons/fa';
 import { RootState, useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'app/store';
 import {
@@ -12,13 +12,19 @@ import { createSelector } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import {
   OptionsState,
+  setInitialImage,
   setIsLightBoxOpen,
 } from 'features/options/store/optionsSlice';
 import ImageMetadataViewer from './ImageMetaDataViewer/ImageMetadataViewer';
+import { activeTabNameSelector } from 'features/options/store/optionsSelectors';
 
 export const imagesSelector = createSelector(
-  [(state: RootState) => state.gallery, (state: RootState) => state.options],
-  (gallery: GalleryState, options: OptionsState) => {
+  [
+    (state: RootState) => state.gallery,
+    (state: RootState) => state.options,
+    activeTabNameSelector,
+  ],
+  (gallery: GalleryState, options: OptionsState, activeTabName) => {
     const { currentCategory, currentImage, intermediateImage } = gallery;
     const { shouldShowImageDetails } = options;
 
@@ -32,6 +38,7 @@ export const imagesSelector = createSelector(
     const imagesLength = tempImages.length;
 
     return {
+      activeTabName,
       imageToDisplay: intermediateImage ? intermediateImage : currentImage,
       isIntermediate: Boolean(intermediateImage),
       viewerImageToDisplay: currentImage,
@@ -61,6 +68,7 @@ export default function CurrentImagePreview() {
     shouldShowImageDetails,
     imageToDisplay,
     isIntermediate,
+    activeTabName,
   } = useAppSelector(imagesSelector);
 
   const [shouldShowNextPrevButtons, setShouldShowNextPrevButtons] =
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/gallery/components/HoverableImage.tsx b/frontend/src/features/gallery/components/HoverableImage.tsx
index c9765ab6fc..fff5b69259 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/gallery/components/HoverableImage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/gallery/components/HoverableImage.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from 'features/gallery/store/gallerySlice';
 import { FaCheck, FaTrashAlt } from 'react-icons/fa';
 import DeleteImageModal from './DeleteImageModal';
-import { memo, useState } from 'react';
+import { DragEvent, memo, useState } from 'react';
 import {
   setActiveTab,
   setAllImageToImageParameters,
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ const HoverableImage = memo((props: HoverableImageProps) => {
   };
 
   const handleUseInitialImage = async () => {
-    // check if the image exists before setting it as initial image
     if (metadata?.image?.init_image_path) {
       const response = await fetch(metadata.image.init_image_path);
       if (response.ok) {
@@ -155,6 +154,11 @@ const HoverableImage = memo((props: HoverableImageProps) => {
 
   const handleSelectImage = () => dispatch(setCurrentImage(image));
 
+  const handleDragStart = (e: DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    e.dataTransfer.setData('invokeai/imageUuid', uuid);
+    e.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move';
+  };
+
   return (
     <ContextMenu.Root
       onOpenChange={(open: boolean) => {
@@ -169,6 +173,8 @@ const HoverableImage = memo((props: HoverableImageProps) => {
           onMouseOver={handleMouseOver}
           onMouseOut={handleMouseOut}
           userSelect={'none'}
+          draggable={true}
+          onDragStart={handleDragStart}
         >
           <Image
             className="hoverable-image-image"
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/gallery/hooks/useGetImageByUuid.ts b/frontend/src/features/gallery/hooks/useGetImageByUuid.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecb263ec0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/features/gallery/hooks/useGetImageByUuid.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { createSelector } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+import { useAppSelector } from 'app/store';
+import { gallerySelector } from '../store/gallerySliceSelectors';
+
+const selector = createSelector(gallerySelector, (gallery) => ({
+  resultImages: gallery.categories.result.images,
+  userImages: gallery.categories.user.images,
+}));
+
+const useGetImageByUuid = () => {
+  const { resultImages, userImages } = useAppSelector(selector);
+
+  return (uuid: string) => {
+    const resultImagesResult = resultImages.find(
+      (image) => image.uuid === uuid
+    );
+    if (resultImagesResult) {
+      return resultImagesResult;
+    }
+
+    const userImagesResult = userImages.find((image) => image.uuid === uuid);
+    if (userImagesResult) {
+      return userImagesResult;
+    }
+  };
+};
+
+export default useGetImageByUuid;
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/gallery/store/gallerySliceSelectors.ts b/frontend/src/features/gallery/store/gallerySliceSelectors.ts
index 3485a0c027..a825a29c9c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/gallery/store/gallerySliceSelectors.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/features/gallery/store/gallerySliceSelectors.ts
@@ -95,3 +95,5 @@ export const hoverableImageSelector = createSelector(
     },
   }
 );
+
+export const gallerySelector = (state: RootState) => state.gallery;
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/tabs/components/InvokeWorkarea.tsx b/frontend/src/features/tabs/components/InvokeWorkarea.tsx
index ec6637cc61..aa21282669 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/tabs/components/InvokeWorkarea.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/tabs/components/InvokeWorkarea.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 import { Tooltip } from '@chakra-ui/react';
 import { createSelector } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
-import { ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { DragEvent, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { VscSplitHorizontal } from 'react-icons/vsc';
 import { RootState, useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from 'app/store';
 import ImageGallery from 'features/gallery/components/ImageGallery';
 import { activeTabNameSelector } from 'features/options/store/optionsSelectors';
 import {
   OptionsState,
+  setInitialImage,
   setShowDualDisplay,
 } from 'features/options/store/optionsSlice';
-import { setDoesCanvasNeedScaling } from 'features/canvas/store/canvasSlice';
+import {
+  setDoesCanvasNeedScaling,
+  setInitialCanvasImage,
+} from 'features/canvas/store/canvasSlice';
 import _ from 'lodash';
+import useGetImageByUuid from 'features/gallery/hooks/useGetImageByUuid';
 
 const workareaSelector = createSelector(
   [(state: RootState) => state.options, activeTabNameSelector],
@@ -21,6 +26,7 @@ const workareaSelector = createSelector(
       shouldPinOptionsPanel,
       isLightBoxOpen,
       shouldShowDualDisplayButton: ['inpainting'].includes(activeTabName),
+      activeTabName,
     };
   },
   {
@@ -39,14 +45,31 @@ type InvokeWorkareaProps = {
 const InvokeWorkarea = (props: InvokeWorkareaProps) => {
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const { optionsPanel, children, styleClass } = props;
-  const { showDualDisplay, isLightBoxOpen, shouldShowDualDisplayButton } =
-    useAppSelector(workareaSelector);
+  const {
+    activeTabName,
+    showDualDisplay,
+    isLightBoxOpen,
+    shouldShowDualDisplayButton,
+  } = useAppSelector(workareaSelector);
+
+  const getImageByUuid = useGetImageByUuid();
 
   const handleDualDisplay = () => {
     dispatch(setShowDualDisplay(!showDualDisplay));
     dispatch(setDoesCanvasNeedScaling(true));
   };
 
+  const handleDrop = (e: DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    const uuid = e.dataTransfer.getData('invokeai/imageUuid');
+    const image = getImageByUuid(uuid);
+    if (!image) return;
+    if (activeTabName === 'img2img') {
+      dispatch(setInitialImage(image));
+    } else if (activeTabName === 'unifiedCanvas') {
+      dispatch(setInitialCanvasImage(image));
+    }
+  };
+
   return (
     <div
       className={
@@ -55,7 +78,7 @@ const InvokeWorkarea = (props: InvokeWorkareaProps) => {
     >
       <div className="workarea-main">
         {optionsPanel}
-        <div className="workarea-children-wrapper">
+        <div className="workarea-children-wrapper" onDrop={handleDrop}>
           {children}
           {shouldShowDualDisplayButton && (
             <Tooltip label="Toggle Split View">