I think it would make sense if egui would not report dragged() until the mouse have moved at least a few pixels, but this hasn't been implemented. It requires some finessing to make sure the initial drag is not forgotten, but reported.

In egui/src/input_state.rs there is this:

/// If the pointer moves more than this, it is no longer a click (but maybe a drag)
const MAX_CLICK_DIST: f32 = 6.0;
/// The new pointer press must come within this many seconds from previous pointer release
const MAX_CLICK_DELAY: f64 = 0.3;

We should probably not consider it a drag until the mouse has moved that many pixels or have been down for that many seconds.

I see, and actually, my simple workaround is not great after some more testing. If you need very fine dragging you almost never find the sweet spot.

I think the most intuitive would be the time the mouse has been down. A very small delay until you can start dragging is less problematic, but I would still expose it through a builder parameter as one might still want the super responsive drag response and not care about actual clicks.

Related change: a76b816 (don't register as click if the pointer has been pressed for too long)

Just a note for anyone else who needs a solution to this, I started from the example code here https://github.com/emilk/egui/blob/master/crates/egui_demo_lib/src/demo/drag_and_drop.rs

Most of this is duplicating the functionality in egui of setting has_moved_too_much_for_a_click, but it isn't publicly exposed. The other issue is that the logic in egui can only start on a drag on the same frame as when the mouse goes down, so we have to set that manually too.

Modified:

// Check for drags:
let mut allow_check_for_drag = false;
ui.input(|input| {
    if let Some(press_origin) = input.pointer.press_origin() {
        if let Some(latest_pos) = input.pointer.latest_pos() {
            if press_origin.distance(latest_pos) > 6.0 {
                allow_check_for_drag = true;
            }
        }
    }
});
if allow_check_for_drag && response.hovered() {
    ui.memory_mut(|mem| mem.set_dragged_id(id));
}