diff --git a/web/sections/GalleryItems.tsx b/web/sections/GalleryItems.tsx
index 984c63a..601bad2 100644
--- a/web/sections/GalleryItems.tsx
+++ b/web/sections/GalleryItems.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import { ArrowDown, ArrowUp, Plus, Trash2 } from 'lucide-react';
+import { GripVertical, Plus, Trash2 } from 'lucide-react';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input';
 import { useClient } from 'hooks/useClient';
@@ -69,15 +69,44 @@ export const GalleryItems = ({ galleryId, onChanged }: { galleryId: number; onCh
     }
   };
 
-  /** Every id, in order — which is what makes two items claiming a position impossible. */
-  const move = (index: number, by: -1 | 1) => {
-    if (!gallery) return;
+  /*
+    Reordering by dragging, the same way the page rows do it.
+
+    The list rearranges as the pointer crosses a row rather than on drop, so what you see while
+    dragging is what you will get. The write happens once, at the end, and it sends EVERY id in order —
+    which is what makes two items claiming a position impossible.
+
+    It replaced a pair of arrows per row. Nine items meant eighteen buttons and four presses to move
+    something from the bottom to the top.
+  */
+  const [dragged, setDragged] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  const orderedRef = useRef<Item[] | null>(null);
+
+  const moveOver = (event: React.DragEvent, overId: number) => {
+    if (dragged === null || !gallery) return;
+    // Without this the drop is refused and the browser animates the row back to where it started.
+    event.preventDefault();
+    if (dragged === overId) return;
+
     const next = [...gallery.items];
-    const target = index + by;
-    if (target < 0 || target >= next.length) return;
-    [next[index], next[target]] = [next[target]!, next[index]!];
+    const from = next.findIndex((one) => one.id === dragged);
+    const to = next.findIndex((one) => one.id === overId);
+    if (from < 0 || to < 0) return;
+
+    next.splice(to, 0, next.splice(from, 1)[0]!);
+    orderedRef.current = next;
+    setGallery({ ...gallery, items: next });
+  };
+
+  const commitOrder = () => {
+    const ordered = orderedRef.current;
+    setDragged(null);
+    orderedRef.current = null;
+    // Dropped where it started, or outside the list. Nothing moved, so nothing is written.
+    if (!ordered) return;
+
     void send(() =>
-      clientRef.current.put(`/fofos-admin/galleries/${galleryId}/items/order`, { ids: next.map((one) => one.id) }),
+      clientRef.current.put(`/fofos-admin/galleries/${galleryId}/items/order`, { ids: ordered.map((one) => one.id) }),
     );
   };
 
@@ -93,8 +122,30 @@ export const GalleryItems = ({ galleryId, onChanged }: { galleryId: number; onCh
       </div>
 
       <ul className="flex flex-col gap-1">
-        {gallery.items.map((item, index) => (
-          <li key={item.id} className="flex items-center gap-2 rounded border border-border/60 p-1.5">
+        {gallery.items.map((item) => (
+          <li
+            key={item.id}
+            /* The row is the drop target; the grip is what drags. See the note on the handler. */
+            onDragOver={(event) => moveOver(event, item.id)}
+            onDrop={commitOrder}
+            className={`flex items-center gap-2 rounded border border-border/60 p-1.5 ${
+              dragged === item.id ? 'opacity-40' : ''
+            }`}
+          >
+            <span
+              draggable
+              onDragStart={(event) => {
+                setDragged(item.id);
+                // Firefox starts no drag at all without data on the transfer. The value is unused.
+                event.dataTransfer.effectAllowed = 'move';
+                event.dataTransfer.setData('text/plain', String(item.id));
+              }}
+              onDragEnd={commitOrder}
+              className="shrink-0 cursor-grab text-muted-foreground/60 active:cursor-grabbing"
+              aria-label="Reorder"
+            >
+              <GripVertical className="size-4" />
+            </span>
             {/*
               From the DERIVED ladder, which is the whole point of the pipeline: most of these are HEIC
               and a browser cannot show the original at all.
@@ -133,18 +184,6 @@ export const GalleryItems = ({ galleryId, onChanged }: { galleryId: number; onCh
             </span>
 
             <span className="flex shrink-0">
-              <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" className="h-7 px-1.5" disabled={busy || index === 0} onClick={() => move(index, -1)}>
-                <ArrowUp className="size-3.5" />
-              </Button>
-              <Button
-                variant="ghost"
-                size="sm"
-                className="h-7 px-1.5"
-                disabled={busy || index === gallery.items.length - 1}
-                onClick={() => move(index, 1)}
-              >
-                <ArrowDown className="size-3.5" />
-              </Button>
               <Button
                 variant="ghost"
                 size="sm"