diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 298593d..6f7ab9d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ editor library — it adds nothing to the single served file). On top of that:
   ClickHouse keyword shows its signature/description. Both read the same cached
   reference data — `system.functions.{syntax,description}` (loaded with #25) and
   a small built-in keyword-doc set — so they never query on the keystroke path.
+- **Drag to insert** — drag a schema table/column, or a **Library/History** row,
+  onto the editor: a schema identifier drops as text at the caret, and a
+  saved/history query drops as a `( … )` subquery at the drop point (its trailing
+  `FORMAT`/`;` stripped). Undoable; click-to-load still works for keyboard users.
 
 **The keystroke rule:** none of this runs SQL while you type. Reference data —
 the server's keyword and function lists — is fetched **once per connection**
diff --git a/src/core/format.js b/src/core/format.js
index 5b36283..2621e80 100644
--- a/src/core/format.js
+++ b/src/core/format.js
@@ -85,6 +85,25 @@ export function inferQueryName(sql) {
   return s.length > 48 ? s.slice(0, 45) + '…' : s;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Wrap a query's SQL as a parenthesized subquery for dropping into the editor.
+ * Strips what can't live inside `()` — a trailing `;` and a trailing `FORMAT
+ * <name>` clause (FORMAT must be a statement's last clause) — then brackets it on
+ * its own lines. Empty/whitespace input → '' (caller inserts nothing). Pure.
+ */
+export function toSubquery(sql) {
+  let s = String(sql || '').trim();
+  // Peel trailing `;` and `FORMAT <name>` clauses (either order, repeated) — both
+  // are invalid inside a subquery. A trailing comment after FORMAT is left as-is
+  // (rare; degrades to a visible SQL error rather than silently dropping a note).
+  let prev;
+  do {
+    prev = s;
+    s = s.replace(/;+\s*$/, '').replace(/\bFORMAT\s+[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*\s*$/i, '').trim();
+  } while (s !== prev);
+  return s ? '(\n' + s + '\n)' : '';
+}
+
 /** True for ClickHouse numeric column types (Int/UInt/Float/Decimal). */
 export function isNumericType(type) {
   return /^(U?Int|Float|Decimal)/.test(type || '');
diff --git a/src/ui/editor.js b/src/ui/editor.js
index d6140a0..380d964 100644
--- a/src/ui/editor.js
+++ b/src/ui/editor.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { tokenize, maskFromTokens } from '../core/sql-highlight.js';
 import { buildMarkSegments } from '../core/editor-marks.js';
 import { matchBracketAt, bracketEdit } from '../core/editor-brackets.js';
 import { caretXY, caretLineCol, offsetFromXY } from '../core/editor-geometry.js';
+import { toSubquery } from '../core/format.js';
 import { createSearch } from './editor-search.js';
 import { createComplete } from './editor-complete.js';
 import { createIntel } from './editor-intel.js';
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ const CHAR_WIDTH_PX = 7.8;
 // drags, leaving native text drag-within-the-textarea untouched.
 export const IDENT_MIME = 'application/x-asb-identifier';
 
+// dataTransfer MIME for dragging a whole saved/history query onto the editor; the
+// drop wraps it as a `( … )` subquery at the drop position (see the drop handler).
+export const SUBQUERY_MIME = 'application/x-asb-subquery';
+
 /**
  * Paint tokenized SQL into `preEl` (whitespace as text, tokens as spans).
  * `opts` (optional) forwards dynamic keyword/function sets to the tokenizer so
@@ -310,10 +315,24 @@ export function mountEditor(app, container) {
   // Accept schema identifiers dragged from the tree; insert at the cursor.
   ta.addEventListener('dragover', (e) => e.preventDefault());
   ta.addEventListener('drop', (e) => {
-    const text = e.dataTransfer && e.dataTransfer.getData(IDENT_MIME);
-    if (!text) return; // not our drag — leave native behavior alone
-    e.preventDefault();
-    insertAtCursor(app, text);
+    const dt = e.dataTransfer;
+    if (!dt) return;
+    // Schema identifier → insert verbatim at the caret (existing behavior).
+    const ident = dt.getData(IDENT_MIME);
+    if (ident) { e.preventDefault(); insertAtCursor(app, ident); return; }
+    // A saved/history query → wrap as a subquery and drop it at the cursor's
+    // landing point in the text (falling back to the caret when the drop is past
+    // the text, e.g. the blank area below the last line).
+    const sub = dt.getData(SUBQUERY_MIME);
+    if (sub) {
+      const text = toSubquery(sub);
+      if (!text) return;
+      e.preventDefault();
+      const off = offsetAt(e.clientX, e.clientY);
+      if (Number.isFinite(off)) replaceRange(off, off, text);
+      else insertAtCursor(app, text);
+    }
+    // otherwise: not our drag — leave native behavior alone.
   });
 
   app.dom.editorTextarea = ta;
diff --git a/src/ui/saved-history.js b/src/ui/saved-history.js
index 4625e26..76e6076 100644
--- a/src/ui/saved-history.js
+++ b/src/ui/saved-history.js
@@ -6,10 +6,18 @@
 import { h } from './dom.js';
 import { Icon } from './icons.js';
 import { timeAgo } from '../core/format.js';
+import { SUBQUERY_MIME } from './editor.js';
 import {
   sortedSaved, filterSaved, filterHistory, renameSaved, toggleFavorite, deleteSaved, deleteHistory,
 } from '../state.js';
 
+// Make a Library/History row draggable; dropping it on the editor inserts the
+// query wrapped as a `( … )` subquery (see the editor's drop handler).
+const dragProps = (sql) => ({
+  draggable: 'true',
+  ondragstart: (e) => e.dataTransfer.setData(SUBQUERY_MIME, sql),
+});
+
 export function renderSavedHistory(app) {
   const tabsRow = app.dom.savedTabsRow;
   const list = app.dom.savedList;
@@ -99,7 +107,7 @@ function renderSaved(app, list) {
       onclick: (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); toggleFavorite(state, q.id, app.saveJSON); renderSavedHistory(app); app.updateLibraryTitle(); },
     }, Icon.star(q.favorite));
 
-    const row = h('div', { class: 'saved-row', onclick: () => { app.actions.loadIntoNewTab(q.name, q.sql, q.id, q.chart); app.actions.run({ view: q.view }); } },
+    const row = h('div', { class: 'saved-row', ...dragProps(q.sql), onclick: () => { app.actions.loadIntoNewTab(q.name, q.sql, q.id, q.chart); app.actions.run({ view: q.view }); } },
       h('div', { class: 'top' },
         star,
         h('span', { class: 'name' }, q.name),
@@ -172,7 +180,7 @@ function renderHistory(app, list) {
     return;
   }
   for (const ent of items) {
-    list.appendChild(h('div', { class: 'history-row', onclick: () => { app.actions.loadIntoNewTab('From history', ent.sql); app.actions.run(); } },
+    list.appendChild(h('div', { class: 'history-row', ...dragProps(ent.sql), onclick: () => { app.actions.loadIntoNewTab('From history', ent.sql); app.actions.run(); } },
       h('button', {
         class: 'sv-act del', title: 'Delete',
         onclick: (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); deleteHistory(state, ent.id, app.saveJSON); renderSavedHistory(app); },
diff --git a/tests/e2e/editor-insert.spec.js b/tests/e2e/editor-insert.spec.js
index 8736e9f..6b192d0 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/editor-insert.spec.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/editor-insert.spec.js
@@ -79,4 +79,25 @@ test.describe('editor insertion (schema double-click path)', () => {
     expect(r.value).toBe('SELECT * FROM mytable LIMIT 100');
     expect(r.caret).toBe('SELECT * FROM mytable LIMIT 100'.length);
   });
+
+  test('dropping a saved/history query inserts it as a ( … ) subquery (real DnD geometry)', async ({ page }) => {
+    // Real DragEvent + DataTransfer over the textarea — exercises the offsetFromXY
+    // geometry happy-dom can't compute. Drops a query carrying a trailing FORMAT,
+    // which must be stripped, wrapped in parens, and spliced at the drop point.
+    const value = await page.evaluate(() => {
+      const ta = window.__app.dom.editorTextarea;
+      window.__setSql('SELECT * FROM t');
+      const rect = ta.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const dt = new DataTransfer();
+      dt.setData('application/x-asb-subquery', 'SELECT 99 FORMAT JSON');
+      ta.dispatchEvent(new DragEvent('drop', {
+        bubbles: true, cancelable: true, dataTransfer: dt,
+        clientX: rect.left + 60, clientY: rect.top + 10,
+      }));
+      return ta.value;
+    });
+    expect(value).toContain('(\nSELECT 99\n)'); // wrapped subquery, trailing FORMAT stripped
+    expect(value).not.toContain('FORMAT');
+    expect(value).toContain('FROM t');          // original text preserved around it
+  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/unit/editor.test.js b/tests/unit/editor.test.js
index f6b7df2..c880aa0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/editor.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/editor.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
-import { renderHighlightInto, mountEditor, insertAtCursor, replaceEditor, IDENT_MIME } from '../../src/ui/editor.js';
+import { renderHighlightInto, mountEditor, insertAtCursor, replaceEditor, IDENT_MIME, SUBQUERY_MIME } from '../../src/ui/editor.js';
 import { makeApp } from '../helpers/fake-app.js';
 
 describe('renderHighlightInto', () => {
@@ -107,6 +107,37 @@ describe('mountEditor', () => {
     expect(ta.value).toBe('SELECT db.tbl FROM t');
     expect(e.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
   });
+  it('dropping a saved/history query inserts it as a ( … ) subquery at the drop position', () => {
+    const { ta } = mount();
+    ta.value = 'X';
+    ta.selectionStart = ta.selectionEnd = 1; // caret at end — drop position must win
+    const e = new Event('drop', { cancelable: true });
+    e.clientX = 14; e.clientY = 13; // maps to text offset 0 (PAD_X/PAD_Y origin)
+    e.dataTransfer = { getData: (m) => (m === SUBQUERY_MIME ? 'SELECT 1 FORMAT JSON' : '') };
+    ta.dispatchEvent(e);
+    expect(ta.value).toBe('(\nSELECT 1\n)X'); // at offset 0 (not the caret), FORMAT stripped
+    expect(e.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+  });
+  it('falls back to the caret when the subquery is dropped past the text', () => {
+    const { ta } = mount();
+    ta.value = 'X';
+    ta.selectionStart = ta.selectionEnd = 1;
+    const e = new Event('drop', { cancelable: true });
+    e.clientX = 14; e.clientY = 9999; // below the last line → offsetFromXY null
+    e.dataTransfer = { getData: (m) => (m === SUBQUERY_MIME ? 'SELECT 1' : '') };
+    ta.dispatchEvent(e);
+    expect(ta.value).toBe('X(\nSELECT 1\n)'); // inserted at the caret
+    expect(e.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+  });
+  it('a subquery drop of empty SQL is a no-op (native handling)', () => {
+    const { ta } = mount();
+    const before = ta.value;
+    const e = new Event('drop', { cancelable: true });
+    e.dataTransfer = { getData: (m) => (m === SUBQUERY_MIME ? '   ' : '') };
+    ta.dispatchEvent(e);
+    expect(ta.value).toBe(before);
+    expect(e.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+  });
   it('a drop without our identifier is left to native handling', () => {
     const { ta } = mount();
     const before = ta.value;
diff --git a/tests/unit/format.test.js b/tests/unit/format.test.js
index 5094f06..f65dd36 100644
--- a/tests/unit/format.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/format.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import {
-  clamp, formatRows, formatBytes, timeAgo, sqlString, inferQueryName, isNumericType, shortVersion, userShortName, withStatementBreak, detectSqlFormat,
+  clamp, formatRows, formatBytes, timeAgo, sqlString, inferQueryName, isNumericType, shortVersion, userShortName, withStatementBreak, detectSqlFormat, toSubquery,
 } from '../../src/core/format.js';
 
 describe('clamp', () => {
@@ -157,3 +157,29 @@ describe('userShortName', () => {
     expect(userShortName(null)).toBe('');
   });
 });
+
+describe('toSubquery', () => {
+  it('wraps SQL in parentheses on their own lines', () => {
+    expect(toSubquery('SELECT 1')).toBe('(\nSELECT 1\n)');
+  });
+  it('trims and strips a trailing semicolon', () => {
+    expect(toSubquery('  SELECT 1 ;  ')).toBe('(\nSELECT 1\n)');
+  });
+  it('strips a trailing FORMAT clause (invalid inside a subquery)', () => {
+    expect(toSubquery('SELECT 1 FORMAT JSON')).toBe('(\nSELECT 1\n)');
+    expect(toSubquery('SELECT 1 FORMAT TabSeparated;')).toBe('(\nSELECT 1\n)');
+    expect(toSubquery('SELECT 1 FORMAT Null')).toBe('(\nSELECT 1\n)');
+  });
+  it('peels FORMAT + repeated/spaced trailing semicolons in any order', () => {
+    expect(toSubquery('SELECT 1 FORMAT JSON ;;')).toBe('(\nSELECT 1\n)');
+    expect(toSubquery('SELECT 1 ;')).toBe('(\nSELECT 1\n)');
+  });
+  it('keeps a FORMAT that is not the trailing clause untouched', () => {
+    expect(toSubquery("SELECT 'FORMAT JSON' AS x")).toBe("(\nSELECT 'FORMAT JSON' AS x\n)");
+  });
+  it('returns empty string for empty/whitespace input', () => {
+    expect(toSubquery('')).toBe('');
+    expect(toSubquery('   ')).toBe('');
+    expect(toSubquery(null)).toBe('');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/saved-history.test.js b/tests/unit/saved-history.test.js
index f9f3517..c61660e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/saved-history.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/saved-history.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { renderSavedHistory } from '../../src/ui/saved-history.js';
+import { SUBQUERY_MIME } from '../../src/ui/editor.js';
 import { makeApp } from '../helpers/fake-app.js';
 
 const click = (el) => el.dispatchEvent(new Event('click', { bubbles: true }));
+const dragStart = (el) => {
+  const e = new Event('dragstart', { bubbles: true });
+  e.dataTransfer = { setData: vi.fn() };
+  el.dispatchEvent(e);
+  return e.dataTransfer.setData;
+};
 
 describe('renderSavedHistory', () => {
   it('no-ops without mounts', () => {
@@ -289,3 +296,26 @@ describe('renderSavedHistory — search/filter', () => {
     expect(app.state.libraryFilter).toBe('');
   });
 });
+
+describe('drag a row into the editor', () => {
+  it('a saved row is draggable and carries its SQL as a subquery payload', () => {
+    const app = makeApp();
+    app.state.sidePanel = 'saved';
+    app.state.savedQueries = [{ id: 's1', name: 'Q1', sql: 'SELECT 1\n-- more', favorite: false }];
+    renderSavedHistory(app);
+    const row = app.dom.savedList.querySelector('.saved-row');
+    expect(row.getAttribute('draggable')).toBe('true');
+    const setData = dragStart(row);
+    expect(setData).toHaveBeenCalledWith(SUBQUERY_MIME, 'SELECT 1\n-- more');
+  });
+  it('a history row is draggable and carries its SQL as a subquery payload', () => {
+    const app = makeApp();
+    app.state.sidePanel = 'history';
+    app.state.history = [{ id: 'h1', sql: 'SELECT 2', ts: Date.now(), rows: 1, ms: 1 }];
+    renderSavedHistory(app);
+    const row = app.dom.savedList.querySelector('.history-row');
+    expect(row.getAttribute('draggable')).toBe('true');
+    const setData = dragStart(row);
+    expect(setData).toHaveBeenCalledWith(SUBQUERY_MIME, 'SELECT 2');
+  });
+});