diff --git a/web/src/plan/PlanPage.module.css b/web/src/plan/PlanPage.module.css
index f75cf9d..10af1ef 100644
--- a/web/src/plan/PlanPage.module.css
+++ b/web/src/plan/PlanPage.module.css
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@
 }
 
 .card {
+  position: relative;
   box-sizing: border-box;
   flex: 1;
   display: flex;
@@ -531,6 +532,40 @@
   gap: 4px;
 }
 
+/* The day a dragged dinner drops on: a dashed 2.5 px grape border on
+   grape-100 over the card, saying which dinner it replaces. */
+.dropTarget {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  justify-content: center;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 4px;
+  padding: 12px;
+  border: 2.5px dashed var(--color-accent);
+  border-radius: inherit;
+  background: var(--color-accent-100);
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+.dropTitle {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-family: var(--font-heading);
+  font-size: 16px;
+  color: var(--color-accent-700);
+}
+
+.dropReplaces {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-family: var(--font-body);
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: var(--color-neutral-700);
+  overflow-wrap: break-word;
+}
+
 /* The swap icon sits bare on the card, beside the tag: its 44 px hit box
    keeps the 16 px footprint of its icon, reaching over the card's padding
    and the tag. */
diff --git a/web/src/plan/PlanPage.test.tsx b/web/src/plan/PlanPage.test.tsx
index fe23d57..329dcc2 100644
--- a/web/src/plan/PlanPage.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/plan/PlanPage.test.tsx
@@ -810,8 +810,8 @@ describe.each([
       const orzo = within(within(panel).getByRole('list', { name: 'Quest log' })).getByRole('listitem')
       expect(within(orzo).getByText('Lemon orzo').nextElementSibling).toHaveTextContent('Easy')
       expect(declaredStyle(within(orzo).getByRole('img', { hidden: true, name: 'Lemon orzo' })).width).toBe('48px')
-      // The 6-dot grip.
-      expect(orzo.lastElementChild!.children).toHaveLength(6)
+      // The 6-dot grip, last in the row's button.
+      expect(within(orzo).getByRole('button').lastElementChild!.children).toHaveLength(6)
 
       fireEvent.click(within(panel).getByRole('radio', { name: 'Regulars · 2' }))
       const regulars = within(within(panel).getByRole('list', { name: 'Regulars' })).getAllByRole('listitem')
@@ -974,6 +974,364 @@ describe.each([
   })
 })
 
+// Dragging a dinner from desktop's panel or tablet's strip onto a day swaps
+// it in, by pointer or keyboard.
+describe.each([
+  { width: 1180, layout: 'tablet' },
+  { width: 1440, layout: 'desktop' },
+])('PlanPage drag and drop at $width px', ({ width, layout }) => {
+  const FRIDAY = `${THIS_WEEK}/days/2026-10-09`
+  let capture: Mock<(pointerId: number) => void>
+  // The element document.elementFromPoint finds under the pointer.
+  let hovered: Element | null = null
+
+  // jsdom has no pointer capture and no layout to hit-test.
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockViewport(width)
+    capture = vi.fn()
+    Element.prototype.setPointerCapture = capture
+    hovered = null
+    document.elementFromPoint = () => hovered
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    Reflect.deleteProperty(Element.prototype, 'setPointerCapture')
+    Reflect.deleteProperty(document, 'elementFromPoint')
+  })
+
+  // The Quest log has lemon orzo and miso salmon.
+  const dragLists = {
+    ...lists,
+    [`GET ${QUEST_LOG}`]: () =>
+      jsonResponse(200, { dinners: [dinner('q1', 'Lemon orzo', 'easy', 25), dinner('q2', 'Miso salmon', 'medium', 30)] }),
+  }
+
+  // swappedBody is the plan as the server answers a swap of Friday to lemon
+  // orzo, a Quest-log pick.
+  function swappedBody() {
+    const body = planBody('draft')
+    body.days[4] = { ...body.days[4]!, dinner: { ...body.days[4]!.dinner, id: 'q1', name: 'Lemon orzo' }, is_new: true }
+    return body
+  }
+
+  function puts(fetchMock: Mock<typeof fetch>) {
+    return fetchMock.mock.calls
+      .filter(([, init]) => init?.method === 'PUT')
+      .map(([input, init]) => `${String(input)} ${String(init?.body)}`)
+  }
+
+  function column(day: string) {
+    return within(screen.getByRole('list', { name: 'Dinners this week' })).getByRole('listitem', { name: day })
+  }
+
+  // quest is the Quest-log dinner's draggable: a row of the panel on
+  // desktop, a chip of the strip on tablet.
+  async function quest(name: string) {
+    const list = await screen.findByRole('list', { name: layout === 'desktop' ? 'Quest log' : 'Quest log dinners' })
+    return within(list).getByRole('button', { name: new RegExp(name) })
+  }
+
+  const announcer = () => screen.getByTestId('drag-announcer')
+  const float = () => screen.queryByTestId('drag-float')
+
+  // press, move and release drive pointer 3 on the draggable: down at
+  // (100, 100), moved over an element (or none) at (160, 140) or the given
+  // point, and let go there.
+  function press(draggable: Element) {
+    fireEvent.pointerDown(draggable, { pointerId: 3, isPrimary: true, button: 0, clientX: 100, clientY: 100 })
+  }
+  function move(draggable: Element, over: Element | null, [clientX, clientY] = [160, 140]) {
+    hovered = over
+    fireEvent.pointerMove(draggable, { pointerId: 3, isPrimary: true, clientX, clientY })
+  }
+  function release(draggable: Element) {
+    fireEvent.pointerUp(draggable, { pointerId: 3, isPrimary: true, button: 0, clientX: 160, clientY: 140 })
+  }
+
+  it('drops a dinner dragged onto a day, swapping it in at once and landing the plan the server answers', async () => {
+    let answer!: (response: Response) => void
+    const fetchMock = stubServer({
+      [`GET ${THIS_WEEK}`]: () => jsonResponse(200, planBody('draft')),
+      ...dragLists,
+      [`PUT ${FRIDAY}`]: () => new Promise<Response>((resolve) => (answer = resolve)),
+    })
+    await renderPage()
+    await screen.findByText('Pizza night')
+    const orzo = await quest('Lemon orzo')
+    expect(declaredStyle(orzo).getPropertyValue('touch-action')).toBe('none')
+    expect(orzo).toHaveAccessibleDescription(
+      'Press Enter or Space to pick it up, the arrow keys to choose a day, Enter to drop it on that day and Escape to cancel.',
+    )
+
+    press(orzo)
+    expect(capture).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(3)
+    expect(capture.mock.contexts[0]).toBe(orzo)
+    // A press alone is no drag.
+    expect(float()).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    // Over Friday: the source a dashed ghost at 55%, its copy floating with
+    // the large shadow at -3deg, and Friday the drop target.
+    move(orzo, within(column('Friday')).getByText('Pizza night'))
+    expect(declaredStyle(orzo).opacity).toBe('0.55')
+    expect(declaredStyle(orzo).borderStyle).toBe('dashed')
+    const copy = float()!
+    expect(copy).toHaveTextContent('Lemon orzo')
+    expect(copy).toHaveAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true')
+    expect(declaredStyle(copy).boxShadow).toBe('var(--shadow-lg)')
+    expect(declaredStyle(copy).transform).toBe('rotate(-3deg)')
+    expect(declaredStyle(copy).pointerEvents).toBe('none')
+    // Offset 48 px below right of the pointer at (160, 140), clear of the
+    // day's text under it.
+    expect(copy.style.left).toBe('208px')
+    expect(copy.style.top).toBe('188px')
+    expect(announcer()).toHaveTextContent('Picked up Lemon orzo.')
+    const target = within(column('Friday')).getByText('Drop to swap').parentElement!
+    expect(target).toHaveTextContent('Drop to swapReplaces Pizza night')
+    expect(declaredStyle(target).border).toBe('2.5px dashed var(--color-accent)')
+    expect(declaredStyle(target).background).toBe('var(--color-accent-100)')
+    expect(within(column('Thursday')).queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    // Moving on to Thursday moves the target.
+    move(orzo, column('Thursday'))
+    expect(within(column('Friday')).queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(within(column('Thursday')).getByText('Replaces Chicken stir-fry')).toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    move(orzo, within(column('Friday')).getByRole('button', { name: 'Swap Friday' }))
+    release(orzo)
+    expect(float()).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(declaredStyle(orzo).opacity).toBe('')
+    expect(announcer()).toHaveTextContent('Dropped Lemon orzo on Friday, replacing Pizza night.')
+
+    // Optimistic: Friday is the Side quest at once.
+    const friday = await waitFor(() => within(column('Friday')).getByText('Lemon orzo').parentElement!)
+    expect(within(friday).getByText('Side quest')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    await waitFor(() => expect(puts(fetchMock)).toEqual([`${FRIDAY} {"dinner_id":"q1"}`]))
+
+    await act(async () => answer(jsonResponse(200, swappedBody())))
+    expect(within(column('Friday')).getByText('Lemon orzo')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Pizza night')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('alert')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(puts(fetchMock)).toHaveLength(1)
+  })
+
+  it('flips the floating copy to the left of and above the pointer where it would leave the viewport', async () => {
+    stubServer({ [`GET ${THIS_WEEK}`]: () => jsonResponse(200, planBody('draft')), ...dragLists })
+    await renderPage()
+    await screen.findByText('Pizza night')
+    const orzo = await quest('Lemon orzo')
+    vi.spyOn(orzo, 'getBoundingClientRect').mockReturnValue(DOMRect.fromRect({ x: 90, y: 90, width: 240, height: 60 }))
+
+    press(orzo)
+    const [x, y] = [window.innerWidth - 100, window.innerHeight - 40]
+    move(orzo, document.body, [x, y])
+    const copy = float()!
+    expect(copy.style.width).toBe('240px')
+    expect(copy.style.left).toBe(`${x - 48 - 240}px`)
+    expect(copy.style.top).toBe(`${y - 48 - 60}px`)
+    release(orzo)
+  })
+
+  it('cancels a drag let go over no day, or cancelled, with no swap', async () => {
+    const fetchMock = stubServer({ [`GET ${THIS_WEEK}`]: () => jsonResponse(200, planBody('draft')), ...dragLists })
+    await renderPage()
+    await screen.findByText('Pizza night')
+    const orzo = await quest('Lemon orzo')
+
+    press(orzo)
+    move(orzo, column('Friday'))
+    expect(within(column('Friday')).getByText('Drop to swap')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    // Off the grid, onto the page around it.
+    move(orzo, document.body)
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(float()).toBeInTheDocument()
+    release(orzo)
+    expect(float()).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(declaredStyle(orzo).opacity).toBe('')
+    expect(announcer()).toHaveTextContent('Cancelled. Lemon orzo was not swapped in.')
+
+    // A cancelled pointer, over a day, is no drop either.
+    press(orzo)
+    move(orzo, column('Monday'))
+    expect(within(column('Monday')).getByText('Replaces Beef tacos')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    fireEvent.pointerCancel(orzo, { pointerId: 3, isPrimary: true })
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(float()).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    // Nor is a drag Escape ends.
+    press(orzo)
+    move(orzo, column('Monday'))
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'Escape' })
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    release(orzo)
+
+    expect(within(column('Friday')).getByText('Pizza night')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(within(column('Monday')).getByText('Beef tacos')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(puts(fetchMock)).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('puts the day back and shows the failure when the dropped swap is refused', async () => {
+    let refuse!: () => void
+    const fetchMock = stubServer({
+      [`GET ${THIS_WEEK}`]: () => jsonResponse(200, planBody('draft')),
+      ...dragLists,
+      [`PUT ${FRIDAY}`]: () => new Promise<Response>((resolve) => (refuse = () => resolve(errorResponse(409, 'dinner_not_plannable')))),
+    })
+    await renderPage()
+    await screen.findByText('Pizza night')
+    const orzo = await quest('Lemon orzo')
+
+    press(orzo)
+    move(orzo, column('Friday'))
+    release(orzo)
+    await waitFor(() => expect(within(column('Friday')).getByText('Lemon orzo')).toBeInTheDocument())
+    await waitFor(() => expect(puts(fetchMock)).toHaveLength(1))
+
+    // While the swap is pending no other drag starts, by pointer or keyboard.
+    const salmon = await quest('Miso salmon')
+    expect(salmon).toHaveAttribute('aria-disabled', 'true')
+    press(salmon)
+    move(salmon, column('Monday'))
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(float()).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    release(salmon)
+    fireEvent.keyDown(salmon, { key: 'Enter' })
+    expect(announcer()).toHaveTextContent('A swap is still being saved. Pick Miso salmon up once it is done.')
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    await act(async () => refuse())
+    const alert = await screen.findByRole('alert')
+    expect(alert).toHaveTextContent("Couldn't swap Friday's dinner. dinner_not_plannable message")
+    expect(within(column('Friday')).getByText('Pizza night')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(within(column('Friday')).queryByText('Lemon orzo')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(puts(fetchMock)).toHaveLength(1)
+    await waitFor(() => expect(salmon).not.toHaveAttribute('aria-disabled'))
+  })
+
+  it('swaps a dinner in with the keyboard, announcing each step', async () => {
+    let answer!: (response: Response) => void
+    const fetchMock = stubServer({
+      [`GET ${THIS_WEEK}`]: () => jsonResponse(200, planBody('draft')),
+      ...dragLists,
+      [`PUT ${FRIDAY}`]: () => new Promise<Response>((resolve) => (answer = resolve)),
+    })
+    await renderPage()
+    await screen.findByText('Pizza night')
+    const orzo = await quest('Lemon orzo')
+    expect(announcer()).toHaveAttribute('aria-live', 'polite')
+
+    // Enter picks it up onto Monday.
+    orzo.focus()
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'Enter' })
+    expect(announcer()).toHaveTextContent(
+      'Picked up Lemon orzo. Monday: replaces Beef tacos. Use the arrow keys to choose a day, Enter to drop, Escape to cancel.',
+    )
+    expect(declaredStyle(orzo).opacity).toBe('0.55')
+    expect(within(column('Monday')).getByText('Replaces Beef tacos')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    // No pointer, so no floating copy.
+    expect(float()).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    // The arrow keys choose the day, going no further than Monday.
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'ArrowLeft' })
+    expect(within(column('Monday')).getByText('Drop to swap')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'ArrowRight' })
+    expect(announcer()).toHaveTextContent('Tuesday: replaces Spaghetti bolognese.')
+    expect(within(column('Monday')).queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'ArrowDown' })
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'ArrowRight' })
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'ArrowRight' })
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'ArrowRight' })
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'ArrowUp' })
+    expect(announcer()).toHaveTextContent('Friday: replaces Pizza night.')
+    expect(within(column('Friday')).getByText('Replaces Pizza night')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(puts(fetchMock)).toEqual([])
+
+    // Enter drops it, swapping it in at once; focus moves to the day.
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'Enter' })
+    expect(announcer()).toHaveTextContent('Dropped Lemon orzo on Friday, replacing Pizza night.')
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Swap Friday' })).toHaveFocus()
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    await waitFor(() => expect(within(column('Friday')).getByText('Lemon orzo')).toBeInTheDocument())
+    await waitFor(() => expect(puts(fetchMock)).toEqual([`${FRIDAY} {"dinner_id":"q1"}`]))
+    await act(async () => answer(jsonResponse(200, swappedBody())))
+    expect(within(column('Friday')).getByText('Lemon orzo')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(puts(fetchMock)).toHaveLength(1)
+  })
+
+  it('cancels a keyboard drag with Escape, or by leaving it', async () => {
+    const fetchMock = stubServer({ [`GET ${THIS_WEEK}`]: () => jsonResponse(200, planBody('draft')), ...dragLists })
+    await renderPage()
+    await screen.findByText('Pizza night')
+    const orzo = await quest('Lemon orzo')
+
+    // Space picks it up too, but does not drop it.
+    orzo.focus()
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: ' ' })
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'ArrowRight' })
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: ' ' })
+    expect(within(column('Tuesday')).getByText('Drop to swap')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'Escape' })
+    expect(announcer()).toHaveTextContent('Cancelled. Lemon orzo was not swapped in.')
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(declaredStyle(orzo).opacity).toBe('')
+    expect(orzo).toHaveFocus()
+
+    // The arrow keys do nothing until it is picked up again; Enter does.
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'ArrowRight' })
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    fireEvent.keyDown(orzo, { key: 'Enter' })
+    expect(within(column('Monday')).getByText('Drop to swap')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    // Tabbing away cancels.
+    fireEvent.blur(orzo)
+    expect(announcer()).toHaveTextContent('Cancelled. Lemon orzo was not swapped in.')
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    expect(within(column('Monday')).getByText('Beef tacos')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(puts(fetchMock)).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  if (layout === 'desktop') {
+    it('does not pick up a Regular already this week', async () => {
+      const fetchMock = stubServer({
+        [`GET ${THIS_WEEK}`]: () => jsonResponse(200, planBody('draft')),
+        ...dragLists,
+        [`PUT ${THIS_WEEK}/days/2026-10-07`]: () => new Promise<Response>(() => undefined),
+      })
+      await renderPage()
+      await screen.findByText('Pizza night')
+      fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole('radio', { name: 'Regulars · 2' }))
+      const regulars = screen.getByRole('list', { name: 'Regulars' })
+      const tacos = within(regulars).getByRole('button', { name: /Beef tacos/ })
+      expect(tacos).toHaveAttribute('aria-disabled', 'true')
+      fireEvent.keyDown(tacos, { key: 'Enter' })
+      expect(announcer()).toHaveTextContent('Beef tacos is already this week.')
+      expect(screen.queryByText('Drop to swap')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+
+      // A Regular not this week is dragged in as one, not NEW.
+      const fish = within(regulars).getByRole('button', { name: /Fish tacos/ })
+      expect(fish).not.toHaveAttribute('aria-disabled')
+      press(fish)
+      move(fish, column('Wednesday'))
+      release(fish)
+      await waitFor(() => expect(within(column('Wednesday')).getByText('Fish tacos').parentElement).toHaveTextContent('Regular'))
+      await waitFor(() => expect(puts(fetchMock)).toEqual([`${THIS_WEEK}/days/2026-10-07 {"dinner_id":"r1"}`]))
+    })
+  }
+})
+
+// Mobile's Draft board has no drag: its tiles open the swap sheet.
+describe('PlanPage drag and drop on mobile', () => {
+  it('has no draggables, drop targets or drag announcements', async () => {
+    stubServer({ [`GET ${THIS_WEEK}`]: () => jsonResponse(200, planBody('draft')), ...lists })
+    const { container } = await renderPage()
+
+    await screen.findByText('Pizza night')
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-drop-date]')).toBeNull()
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('drag-announcer')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Drag a dinner onto a day to swap it in.')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+})
+
 // At tablet's narrow end seven usable columns do not fit beside the rail:
 // the week keeps its columns usable and scrolls sideways.
 describe('PlanPage at 768 px', () => {
diff --git a/web/src/plan/PlanPage.tsx b/web/src/plan/PlanPage.tsx
index f543439..884ca54 100644
--- a/web/src/plan/PlanPage.tsx
+++ b/web/src/plan/PlanPage.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   type PlanStatus,
   type Swap,
 } from './api.ts'
+import { DragAnnouncer, DROP_DATE, DropBoard, PlanDragProvider, useDropTarget } from './drag.tsx'
 import { PlanPanel, QuestLogStrip } from './PlanPanel.tsx'
 import { SwapSheet } from './SwapSheet.tsx'
 import {
@@ -138,13 +139,16 @@ function DayTile({ day, timezone, swapping, onSwap }: { day: PlanDay; timezone:
 // over a card with the dinner's washed photo, name, method and time, a
 // crock-pot dinner's start-by time in the household's zone, and its Regular
 // or Side quest tag, a Side quest's card in teal. The swap icon opens the swap
-// sheet; while that is open the card is swapping, ringed in grape.
+// sheet; while that is open the card is swapping, ringed in grape. A dinner
+// dragged over the day drops on it: the card is swapping, covered by a
+// dashed grape "Drop to swap" saying which dinner it replaces.
 function DayColumn({ day, timezone, swapping, onSwap }: { day: PlanDay; timezone: string; swapping: boolean; onSwap: () => void }) {
   const { dinner } = day
   const time = cooking(dinner)
-  const classes = [styles.card, day.is_new && styles.sideQuestCard, swapping && styles.swapping].filter(Boolean).join(' ')
+  const target = useDropTarget(day.date) !== null
+  const classes = [styles.card, day.is_new && styles.sideQuestCard, (swapping || target) && styles.swapping].filter(Boolean).join(' ')
   return (
-    <li className={styles.column} aria-label={weekdayName(day.date)}>
+    <li className={styles.column} aria-label={weekdayName(day.date)} {...{ [DROP_DATE]: day.date }}>
       <p className={styles.dayLabel} aria-hidden="true">
         <span className={styles.dayName}>{weekdayKicker(day.date)}</span>
         <span className={styles.dayNumber}>{dayOfMonth(day.date)}</span>
@@ -165,6 +169,12 @@ function DayColumn({ day, timezone, swapping, onSwap }: { day: PlanDay; timezone
             <Icon icon={RefreshCw} size="inline" />
           </IconButton>
         </div>
+        {target && (
+          <div className={styles.dropTarget}>
+            <p className={styles.dropTitle}>Drop to swap</p>
+            <p className={styles.dropReplaces}>Replaces {dinner.name}</p>
+          </div>
+        )}
       </div>
     </li>
   )
@@ -316,6 +326,12 @@ function WeekBoard({
     setSwappingDate(null)
     swap.mutate(chosen)
   }
+  // dropIn swaps in a dinner dragged onto a day. A drag is not picked up,
+  // nor dropped, while a swap of the week is pending.
+  function dropIn(chosen: Swap) {
+    swap.dismiss()
+    swapIn(chosen)
+  }
   // openSwap opens the swap sheet on a day. One swap of the week is sent at
   // a time, even across leaving the week and coming back: the plan the
   // server answers it with must not overwrite another still pending.
@@ -359,6 +375,7 @@ function WeekBoard({
     body =
       layout !== 'mobile' ? (
         <>
+          <DropBoard days={days} pending={swap.pending} drop={dropIn} />
           <ul className={`${styles.week} ${styles[layout]}`} aria-label="Dinners this week">
             {days.map((day) => (
               <DayColumn
@@ -545,7 +562,8 @@ function Unavailable({
 // Regulars in a right panel on desktop (2d). It opens on next week once this
 // week's plan_draft time has come in the household's zone, otherwise on this
 // week. The board keeps its place in the tree across layouts, so crossing a
-// breakpoint keeps a draft being followed.
+// breakpoint keeps a draft being followed. From tablet up a dinner is
+// dragged from the strip or the panel onto a day of the grid to swap it in.
 export function PlanPage() {
   const layout = useBreakpoint()
   const settings = useHouseholdSettings()
@@ -563,12 +581,15 @@ export function PlanPage() {
     content = <WeekBoard key={week} weekStart={week} timezone={settings.data.timezone} layout={layout} onWeek={setWeek} />
   }
   return (
-    <div className={`${styles.page} ${styles[`${layout}Page`]}`}>
-      <div className={styles.board}>
-        {content}
-        {layout === 'tablet' && <QuestLogStrip />}
+    <PlanDragProvider>
+      <div className={`${styles.page} ${styles[`${layout}Page`]}`}>
+        <div className={styles.board}>
+          {content}
+          {layout === 'tablet' && <QuestLogStrip />}
+        </div>
+        {layout === 'desktop' && <PlanPanel />}
+        {layout !== 'mobile' && <DragAnnouncer />}
       </div>
-      {layout === 'desktop' && <PlanPanel />}
-    </div>
+    </PlanDragProvider>
   )
 }
diff --git a/web/src/plan/PlanPanel.module.css b/web/src/plan/PlanPanel.module.css
index 9243782..99eea60 100644
--- a/web/src/plan/PlanPanel.module.css
+++ b/web/src/plan/PlanPanel.module.css
@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@
 }
 
 .row {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  width: 100%;
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   gap: 12px;
   padding: 10px;
   border-radius: 22px;
   background: var(--color-surface);
+  text-align: left;
 }
 
 /* The 48 px washed photo; Photo applies the washed filter. The placeholder's
@@ -169,3 +172,52 @@
   height: 28px;
   font-size: 0;
 }
+
+/* A row or a chip is a button dragged onto a day: by a pointer (no
+   scrolling or text selection under it) or with the keyboard. Its 2 px
+   border is clear until it is the ghost, inside its padding. */
+.draggable {
+  margin: 0;
+  border: 2px solid transparent;
+  font: inherit;
+  color: var(--color-text);
+  cursor: grab;
+  touch-action: none;
+  user-select: none;
+}
+
+.row.draggable {
+  padding: 8px;
+}
+
+.chip.draggable {
+  padding: 3px 12px 3px 3px;
+}
+
+/* A dinner that cannot be picked up now: no grid to drop on, a swap
+   pending, or already this week. */
+.draggable[aria-disabled='true'] {
+  cursor: default;
+}
+
+/* The row or chip being dragged: a dashed ghost at 55% opacity. */
+.ghost {
+  border-style: dashed;
+  border-color: var(--color-neutral-500);
+  background: transparent;
+  opacity: 0.55;
+}
+
+/* The dragged copy floating below right of the pointer: lifted with the
+   large shadow and tilted -3deg. It lets the pointer through to the day
+   under it. */
+.floating {
+  position: fixed;
+  z-index: 10;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  margin: 0;
+  box-shadow: var(--shadow-lg);
+  transform: rotate(-3deg);
+  pointer-events: none;
+  cursor: grabbing;
+}
diff --git a/web/src/plan/PlanPanel.tsx b/web/src/plan/PlanPanel.tsx
index 0386d4c..8bf035d 100644
--- a/web/src/plan/PlanPanel.tsx
+++ b/web/src/plan/PlanPanel.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Compass } from 'lucide-react'
-import { useState, type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { useId, useState, type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
 import { Link } from 'react-router'
 import { useRegulars } from '../dinners/api.ts'
 import { useQuestLog, type QuestLogDinner } from '../discover/api.ts'
@@ -9,14 +10,16 @@ import { Icon } from '../ui/Icon.tsx'
 import { Photo } from '../ui/Photo.tsx'
 import { Segmented } from '../ui/Segmented.tsx'
 import { Skeleton } from '../ui/Skeleton.tsx'
-import { emptyLists, sourceNames, type Source } from './SwapSheet.tsx'
+import { useDraggable, type Float } from './drag.tsx'
+import { emptyLists, planDinner, sourceNames, type Source } from './SwapSheet.tsx'
 import styles from './PlanPanel.module.css'
 
 // DRAG_HINT says how a dinner is swapped in from the panel or the strip.
-// TODO(5c2842a8): drag-and-drop and its keyboard alternative; until then the
-// rows and chips are not draggable.
 const DRAG_HINT = 'Drag a dinner onto a day to swap it in.'
 
+// KEYS_HINT says how a dinner is swapped in with the keyboard.
+const KEYS_HINT = 'Press Enter or Space to pick it up, the arrow keys to choose a day, Enter to drop it on that day and Escape to cancel.'
+
 type List = ReturnType<typeof useQuestLog>
 
 // ListBody is a list of the panel or the strip once it has loaded, or why it
@@ -54,6 +57,64 @@ function Grip() {
   )
 }
 
+// Draggable is a dinner of the panel or the strip, dragged onto a day to
+// swap it in: a button whose content is the row or the chip. While it is
+// dragged it is a dashed ghost, and with a pointer a copy of it floats
+// below right of the pointer, lifted and tilted.
+function Draggable({
+  dinner,
+  fromQuestLog,
+  className,
+  keysHintId,
+  children,
+}: {
+  dinner: QuestLogDinner
+  fromQuestLog: boolean
+  className: string | undefined
+  keysHintId: string
+  children: ReactNode
+}) {
+  const { drag, float, props } = useDraggable({ dinner: planDinner(dinner), fromQuestLog })
+  return (
+    <li>
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        className={[className, styles.draggable, drag !== null && styles.ghost].filter(Boolean).join(' ')}
+        aria-describedby={keysHintId}
+        {...props}
+      >
+        {children}
+      </button>
+      {float !== null && <Floating float={float} className={className}>{children}</Floating>}
+    </li>
+  )
+}
+
+// Floating is the dragged copy of a row or a chip, drawn over the page.
+function Floating({ float, className, children }: { float: Float; className: string | undefined; children: ReactNode }) {
+  return createPortal(
+    <div
+      aria-hidden="true"
+      data-testid="drag-float"
+      className={[className, styles.floating].filter(Boolean).join(' ')}
+      style={{ left: float.left, top: float.top, width: float.width }}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </div>,
+    document.body,
+  )
+}
+
+// KeysHint is the keyboard's way to swap a dinner in, describing each
+// draggable.
+function KeysHint({ id }: { id: string }) {
+  return (
+    <p id={id} hidden>
+      {KEYS_HINT}
+    </p>
+  )
+}
+
 // PlanPanel is desktop's right panel (mock 2d): the Quest log and the
 // Regulars, segmented "Quest log · N | Regulars · N", each dinner with its
 // 48 px photo, name, difficulty and grip, and a link to swipe more Side
@@ -63,6 +124,7 @@ export function PlanPanel() {
   const regulars = useRegulars()
   const [source, setSource] = useState<Source>('quest_log')
   const lists = { quest_log: questLog, regulars }
+  const keysHintId = useId()
 
   const label = (s: Source) => {
     const dinners = lists[s].data
@@ -81,11 +143,18 @@ export function PlanPanel() {
         onValueChange={setSource}
       />
       <p className={styles.hint}>{DRAG_HINT}</p>
+      <KeysHint id={keysHintId} />
       <ListBody source={source} list={lists[source]}>
         {(dinners) => (
           <ul aria-label={sourceNames[source]} className={styles.rows}>
             {dinners.map((dinner) => (
-              <li key={dinner.id} className={styles.row}>
+              <Draggable
+                key={dinner.id}
+                dinner={dinner}
+                fromQuestLog={source === 'quest_log'}
+                className={styles.row}
+                keysHintId={keysHintId}
+              >
                 {/* The row's name already says what the photo shows. */}
                 <span aria-hidden="true">
                   <Photo id={dinner.photo_id} name={dinner.name} radius="var(--radius-pill)" sizes="48px" className={styles.rowPhoto} />
@@ -95,7 +164,7 @@ export function PlanPanel() {
                   {dinner.difficulty !== null && <span className={styles.rowMeta}>{DIFFICULTY_LABEL[dinner.difficulty]}</span>}
                 </span>
                 <Grip />
-              </li>
+              </Draggable>
             ))}
           </ul>
         )}
@@ -109,9 +178,11 @@ export function PlanPanel() {
 }
 
 // QuestLogStrip is tablet's Quest log under the week's grid (mock 2c): each
-// dinner a chip with its 28 px photo and name.
+// dinner a chip with its 28 px photo and name, dragged as the panel's rows
+// are.
 export function QuestLogStrip() {
   const questLog = useQuestLog()
+  const keysHintId = useId()
   const title = questLog.data === undefined ? sourceNames.quest_log : `${sourceNames.quest_log} · ${questLog.data.length}`
   return (
     <section aria-label={sourceNames.quest_log} className={styles.strip}>
@@ -119,16 +190,17 @@ export function QuestLogStrip() {
         <h2 className={styles.stripTitle}>{title}</h2>
         <p className={styles.stripHint}>{DRAG_HINT}</p>
       </div>
+      <KeysHint id={keysHintId} />
       <ListBody source="quest_log" list={questLog}>
         {(dinners) => (
           <ul aria-label={`${sourceNames.quest_log} dinners`} className={styles.chips}>
             {dinners.map((dinner) => (
-              <li key={dinner.id} className={styles.chip}>
+              <Draggable key={dinner.id} dinner={dinner} fromQuestLog className={styles.chip} keysHintId={keysHintId}>
                 <span aria-hidden="true">
                   <Photo id={dinner.photo_id} name={dinner.name} radius="var(--radius-pill)" sizes="28px" className={styles.chipPhoto} />
                 </span>
                 {dinner.name}
-              </li>
+              </Draggable>
             ))}
           </ul>
         )}
diff --git a/web/src/plan/SwapSheet.tsx b/web/src/plan/SwapSheet.tsx
index 0f12d09..ef4b0b2 100644
--- a/web/src/plan/SwapSheet.tsx
+++ b/web/src/plan/SwapSheet.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Segmented } from '../ui/Segmented.tsx'
 import { Sheet } from '../ui/Sheet.tsx'
 import { Skeleton } from '../ui/Skeleton.tsx'
 import { Tag } from '../ui/Tag.tsx'
-import type { PlanDay, Swap } from './api.ts'
+import type { PlanDay, PlanDinner, Swap } from './api.ts'
 import { weekdayName } from './week.ts'
 import styles from './SwapSheet.module.css'
 
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ export const emptyLists: Record<Source, string> = {
   regulars: 'You have no Regulars yet.',
 }
 
+// planDinner is a listed dinner as it is planned on a day.
+export function planDinner(dinner: QuestLogDinner): PlanDinner {
+  return { id: dinner.id, name: dinner.name, photo_id: dinner.photo_id, minutes: dinner.minutes_total, method: dinner.method }
+}
+
 export type SwapSheetProps = {
   // The day being swapped.
   day: PlanDay
@@ -88,17 +93,7 @@ export function SwapSheet({ day, planned, onSwap, onClose }: SwapSheetProps) {
                   already
                     ? undefined
                     : () =>
-                        onSwap({
-                          date: day.date,
-                          dinner: {
-                            id: dinner.id,
-                            name: dinner.name,
-                            photo_id: dinner.photo_id,
-                            minutes: dinner.minutes_total,
-                            method: dinner.method,
-                          },
-                          fromQuestLog: source === 'quest_log',
-                        })
+                        onSwap({ date: day.date, dinner: planDinner(dinner), fromQuestLog: source === 'quest_log' })
                 }
                 trailing={already && <Tag>Already this week</Tag>}
               />
diff --git a/web/src/plan/drag.module.css b/web/src/plan/drag.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c33497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/plan/drag.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* The drag's live region: read out, not shown. */
+.announcer {
+  position: absolute;
+  width: 1px;
+  height: 1px;
+  margin: -1px;
+  padding: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  clip-path: inset(50%);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  border: 0;
+}
diff --git a/web/src/plan/drag.tsx b/web/src/plan/drag.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16e1b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/plan/drag.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,353 @@
+import {
+  createContext,
+  useContext,
+  useEffect,
+  useLayoutEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+  type KeyboardEvent,
+  type PointerEvent,
+  type ReactNode,
+} from 'react'
+import type { PlanDay, PlanDinner, Swap } from './api.ts'
+import { weekdayName } from './week.ts'
+import styles from './drag.module.css'
+
+// Pickup is a dinner picked up from the plan panel or the Quest-log strip,
+// and whether it is a Quest-log dinner.
+export type Pickup = { dinner: PlanDinner; fromQuestLog: boolean }
+
+// Board is the week's grid as a drag drops onto it: its days, whether a
+// swap of the week is pending, and how a dinner dropped on a day is swapped
+// in.
+export type Board = { days: PlanDay[]; pending: boolean; drop: (swap: Swap) => void }
+
+// Drag is the dinner being dragged, by pointer or keyboard, and the date of
+// the day it would replace, if any.
+export type Drag = { pickup: Pickup; keyboard: boolean; date: string | null }
+
+type PlanDrag = {
+  drag: Drag | null
+  board: Board | null
+  setBoard: (board: Board | null) => void
+  message: string
+  // start picks a dinner up, unless it cannot be dropped: there is no grid,
+  // a swap of the week is pending, or the dinner is already this week. It
+  // says whether it did.
+  start: (pickup: Pickup, keyboard: boolean) => boolean
+  // over moves the drag onto the day of date, or off every day (null).
+  over: (date: string | null) => void
+  // step moves a keyboard drag to the previous (-1) or next (1) day.
+  step: (by: -1 | 1) => void
+  // end drops the dinner on the day of date, or cancels the drag when date
+  // is null. It says whether the dinner was dropped.
+  end: (date: string | null) => boolean
+  cancel: () => void
+}
+
+const PlanDragContext = createContext<PlanDrag | null>(null)
+
+function usePlanDrag(): PlanDrag {
+  const context = useContext(PlanDragContext)
+  if (context === null) throw new Error('usePlanDrag must be used inside PlanDragProvider')
+  return context
+}
+
+// replaces says which dinner dropping on day replaces: "Friday: replaces
+// Pizza night."
+function replaces(day: PlanDay): string {
+  return `${weekdayName(day.date)}: replaces ${day.dinner.name}.`
+}
+
+// PlanDragProvider holds the drag of a dinner from the plan panel or the
+// Quest-log strip onto a day of the week's grid, which the grid registers as
+// the Board. Each step of a drag is announced to screen readers.
+export function PlanDragProvider({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
+  const [board, setBoard] = useState<Board | null>(null)
+  const [drag, setDrag] = useState<Drag | null>(null)
+  const [message, setMessage] = useState('')
+  // The drag as last set, read by handlers that run before a render: a blur
+  // the drop's focus move causes must not cancel the drag it just ended.
+  const current = useRef<Drag | null>(null)
+
+  const value = useMemo((): PlanDrag => {
+    function set(next: Drag | null) {
+      current.current = next
+      setDrag(next)
+    }
+    function dayOf(date: string | null): PlanDay | undefined {
+      return board?.days.find((day) => day.date === date)
+    }
+    function cancel() {
+      const now = current.current
+      if (now === null) return
+      set(null)
+      setMessage(`Cancelled. ${now.pickup.dinner.name} was not swapped in.`)
+    }
+    return {
+      drag,
+      board,
+      setBoard,
+      message,
+      start(pickup, keyboard) {
+        const { name } = pickup.dinner
+        if (board === null) {
+          setMessage(`There is no plan this week to swap ${name} into.`)
+          return false
+        }
+        if (board.pending) {
+          setMessage(`A swap is still being saved. Pick ${name} up once it is done.`)
+          return false
+        }
+        if (board.days.some((day) => day.dinner.id === pickup.dinner.id)) {
+          setMessage(`${name} is already this week.`)
+          return false
+        }
+        // A keyboard drag starts on Monday; a pointer drag on no day.
+        const first = board.days[0]!
+        set({ pickup, keyboard, date: keyboard ? first.date : null })
+        setMessage(
+          keyboard
+            ? `Picked up ${name}. ${replaces(first)} Use the arrow keys to choose a day, Enter to drop, Escape to cancel.`
+            : `Picked up ${name}.`,
+        )
+        return true
+      },
+      over(date) {
+        const now = current.current
+        if (now === null || now.date === date) return
+        set({ ...now, date })
+      },
+      step(by) {
+        const now = current.current
+        if (now === null || board === null) return
+        const at = board.days.findIndex((day) => day.date === now.date)
+        const next = board.days[Math.min(Math.max(at + by, 0), board.days.length - 1)]!
+        set({ ...now, date: next.date })
+        setMessage(replaces(next))
+      },
+      end(date) {
+        const now = current.current
+        if (now === null) return false
+        const day = dayOf(date)
+        if (day === undefined || board === null) {
+          cancel()
+          return false
+        }
+        set(null)
+        if (board.pending) {
+          setMessage(`A swap is still being saved. ${now.pickup.dinner.name} was not swapped in.`)
+          return false
+        }
+        board.drop({ date: day.date, dinner: now.pickup.dinner, fromQuestLog: now.pickup.fromQuestLog })
+        setMessage(`Dropped ${now.pickup.dinner.name} on ${weekdayName(day.date)}, replacing ${day.dinner.name}.`)
+        return true
+      },
+      cancel,
+    }
+  }, [board, drag, message])
+
+  return <PlanDragContext.Provider value={value}>{children}</PlanDragContext.Provider>
+}
+
+// DragAnnouncer is the polite live region a drag's steps are announced in.
+export function DragAnnouncer() {
+  const { message } = usePlanDrag()
+  return (
+    <p aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true" data-testid="drag-announcer" className={styles.announcer}>
+      {message}
+    </p>
+  )
+}
+
+// DropBoard registers the week's grid as the Board while it is shown.
+export function DropBoard({ days, pending, drop }: Board) {
+  const { setBoard } = usePlanDrag()
+  // drop is a new function on every render: the Board calls the latest.
+  const latestDrop = useRef(drop)
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    latestDrop.current = drop
+  })
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    setBoard({ days, pending, drop: (swap) => latestDrop.current(swap) })
+    return () => setBoard(null)
+  }, [setBoard, days, pending])
+  return null
+}
+
+// useDropTarget is the drag over the day of date, if it is over that day.
+export function useDropTarget(date: string): Drag | null {
+  const { drag } = usePlanDrag()
+  return drag !== null && drag.date === date ? drag : null
+}
+
+// DROP_DATE is the attribute naming the date of a day a dinner drops on.
+export const DROP_DATE = 'data-drop-date'
+
+// dateAt is the date of the day under the point (x, y), or null when it is
+// over no day.
+function dateAt(x: number, y: number): string | null {
+  return document.elementFromPoint(x, y)?.closest(`[${DROP_DATE}]`)?.getAttribute(DROP_DATE) ?? null
+}
+
+// A press becomes a drag once the pointer has moved this far, so a tap is
+// not one.
+const DRAG_THRESHOLD = 4
+
+// The dragged copy floats this far below and to the right of the pointer,
+// as a drag image does, so it stays clear of the "Drop to swap" text
+// centred in the day the pointer is over. Where it would leave the
+// viewport it flips to the left of the pointer, or above it.
+const FLOAT_OFFSET = 48
+
+// Press is a pointer held on a draggable: its id, where it went down, the
+// draggable's size, and whether it has become a drag.
+type Press = { pointerId: number; x: number; y: number; width: number; height: number; dragging: boolean }
+
+// Float is where the dragged copy of a draggable is drawn, and how wide.
+export type Float = { left: number; top: number; width: number }
+
+// floatAt is where the dragged copy of the held draggable is drawn for the
+// pointer at (x, y): offset below right of it, flipped where that would
+// leave the viewport.
+function floatAt(held: Press, x: number, y: number): Float {
+  const right = x + FLOAT_OFFSET
+  const below = y + FLOAT_OFFSET
+  return {
+    left: right + held.width > window.innerWidth ? x - FLOAT_OFFSET - held.width : right,
+    top: below + held.height > window.innerHeight ? y - FLOAT_OFFSET - held.height : below,
+    width: held.width,
+  }
+}
+
+// useDraggable makes a panel row or a strip chip a draggable dinner. With a
+// pointer it is pressed, captured and moved past DRAG_THRESHOLD to pick it
+// up, its copy floats with the pointer, and letting go over a day drops it
+// there, anywhere else cancels. With the keyboard Enter or Space picks it
+// up onto Monday, the arrow keys choose the day, Enter drops it and
+// Escape, or leaving it, cancels; a drop moves focus to the day's swap
+// button, as a Quest-log dinner leaves the Quest log once planned.
+export function useDraggable(pickup: Pickup) {
+  const plan = usePlanDrag()
+  const [float, setFloat] = useState<Float | null>(null)
+  const press = useRef<Press | null>(null)
+  const drag = plan.drag !== null && plan.drag.pickup.dinner.id === pickup.dinner.id ? plan.drag : null
+  const disabled = plan.drag === null && (plan.board === null || plan.board.pending || plan.board.days.some((day) => day.dinner.id === pickup.dinner.id))
+
+  // A draggable that goes mid-drag, as on crossing to mobile, cancels it;
+  // once the drag has ended, cancel does nothing.
+  const { cancel } = plan
+  const dragging = drag !== null
+  const latestCancel = useRef(cancel)
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    latestCancel.current = cancel
+  })
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!dragging) return
+    return () => latestCancel.current()
+  }, [dragging])
+
+  function release() {
+    press.current = null
+    setFloat(null)
+  }
+
+  function onPointerDown(event: PointerEvent<HTMLElement>) {
+    if (press.current !== null || plan.drag !== null || !event.isPrimary || event.button !== 0) return
+    const rect = event.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect()
+    event.currentTarget.setPointerCapture(event.pointerId)
+    press.current = {
+      pointerId: event.pointerId,
+      x: event.clientX,
+      y: event.clientY,
+      width: rect.width,
+      height: rect.height,
+      dragging: false,
+    }
+  }
+
+  function onPointerMove(event: PointerEvent<HTMLElement>) {
+    const held = press.current
+    if (held === null || held.pointerId !== event.pointerId) return
+    if (!held.dragging) {
+      if (Math.hypot(event.clientX - held.x, event.clientY - held.y) < DRAG_THRESHOLD) return
+      if (!plan.start(pickup, false)) {
+        press.current = null
+        return
+      }
+      held.dragging = true
+    }
+    setFloat(floatAt(held, event.clientX, event.clientY))
+    plan.over(dateAt(event.clientX, event.clientY))
+  }
+
+  function onPointerUp(event: PointerEvent<HTMLElement>) {
+    const held = press.current
+    if (held === null || held.pointerId !== event.pointerId) return
+    release()
+    if (held.dragging) plan.end(dateAt(event.clientX, event.clientY))
+  }
+
+  // A cancel, or losing the capture before the release, cancels the drag.
+  // After a release the press is already over, so this ends only a drag
+  // whose capture was lost before it.
+  function onPointerCancel(event: PointerEvent<HTMLElement>) {
+    const held = press.current
+    if (held === null || held.pointerId !== event.pointerId) return
+    release()
+    if (held.dragging) plan.cancel()
+  }
+
+  function onKeyDown(event: KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>) {
+    const button = event.currentTarget
+    if (drag === null) {
+      if (event.key !== 'Enter' && event.key !== ' ') return
+      event.preventDefault()
+      if (plan.drag === null) plan.start(pickup, true)
+      return
+    }
+    if (event.key === 'Escape') {
+      event.preventDefault()
+      release()
+      plan.cancel()
+      return
+    }
+    if (!drag.keyboard) return
+    // Space picked it up and does not drop it; it does not scroll the page.
+    if (event.key === 'ArrowLeft' || event.key === 'ArrowUp') plan.step(-1)
+    else if (event.key === 'ArrowRight' || event.key === 'ArrowDown') plan.step(1)
+    else if (event.key === 'Enter') drop(button.ownerDocument, drag.date)
+    else if (event.key !== ' ') return
+    event.preventDefault()
+  }
+
+  // drop ends a keyboard drag on the day of date and, once dropped, moves
+  // focus to that day's swap button.
+  function drop(document: Document, date: string | null) {
+    if (!plan.end(date)) return
+    const swapButton = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>(`[${DROP_DATE}="${date}"] button`)
+    if (swapButton === null) throw new Error(`The day ${date} dropped on has no swap button to focus.`)
+    swapButton.focus()
+  }
+
+  // Leaving a keyboard drag cancels it.
+  function onBlur() {
+    if (drag !== null && drag.keyboard) plan.cancel()
+  }
+
+  return {
+    drag,
+    float,
+    props: {
+      'aria-disabled': disabled || undefined,
+      onPointerDown,
+      onPointerMove,
+      onPointerUp,
+      onPointerCancel,
+      onLostPointerCapture: onPointerCancel,
+      onKeyDown,
+      onBlur,
+    },
+  }
+}