fixes #319. this is not brilliant solution but one I found

css/navbar.css

@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 	border:1px solid #8cafed;
 }
 
+
 .elfinder-place-drag .elfinder-navbar-dir { font-size:.9em;}
 
 

css/theme.css

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 .elfinder .elfinder-navbar { background:#dde4eb; }
 .elfinder-navbar .ui-state-hover  { background:transparent; border-color:transparent; }
 .elfinder-navbar .ui-state-active { background: #3875d7;    border-color:#3875d7; color:#fff; }
+.elfinder-navbar .elfinder-droppable-active {background:#A7C6E5 !important;}
 /* disabled elfinder */
 .elfinder-disabled .elfinder-navbar .ui-state-active { background: #dadada; border-color:#aaa; color:#fff; }
 

elfinder.src.html

@@ -147,15 +147,15 @@
 				// url : 'php/connector.php',
 				url : 'php/connector.php',
 				// transport : new elFinderSupportVer1(),
-				getFileCallback : function(files, fm) {
-					console.log(files);
-				},
+				// getFileCallback : function(files, fm) {
+				// 	console.log(files);
+				// },
 				handlers : {
                     select : function(event, elfinderInstance) {
                         var selected = event.data.selected;
 						
 						if (selected.length) {
-							console.log(elfinderInstance.file(selected[0]))
+							// console.log(elfinderInstance.file(selected[0]))
 						}
 						
                     }

js/elFinder.js

@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ window.elFinder = function(node, opts) {
 	 * @type Object
 	 **/
 	this.droppable = {
-			greedy     : true,
+			// greedy     : true,
 			tolerance  : 'pointer',
 			accept     : '.elfinder-cwd-file-wrapper,.elfinder-navbar-dir,.elfinder-cwd-file',
 			hoverClass : this.res('class', 'adroppable'),

js/ui/cwd.js

@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ $.fn.elfindercwd = function(fm) {
 			droppable = $.extend({}, fm.droppable, {
 				over : function(e, ui) { 
 					var hash = fm.cwd().hash;
-
 					$.each(ui.helper.data('files'), function(i, h) {
 						if (fm.file(h).phash == hash) {
 							cwd.removeClass(clDropActive);
@@ -614,7 +613,7 @@ $.fn.elfindercwd = function(fm) {
 				// console.log(files)
 				try {
 					// to avoid problem with draggable
-					cwd.children('table,'+fileSelector).remove().end();
+					cwd.children('table,'+fileSelector).remove();
 				} catch (e) {
 					cwd.html('');
 				}

js/ui/tree.js

@@ -109,23 +109,39 @@ $.fn.elfindertree = function(fm, opts) {
 			 */
 			droppable = fm.res(c, 'droppable'),
 			
+			insideNavbar = function(x) {
+				var left = navbar.offset().left;
+					
+				return left <= x && x <= left + navbar.width();
+			},
+			
+			drop = fm.droppable.drop,
+			
 			/**
 			 * Droppable options
 			 *
 			 * @type Object
 			 */
-			droppableopts = $.extend({}, fm.droppable, {
-				hoverClass : hover+' '+dropover, 
+			droppableopts = $.extend(true, {}, fm.droppable, {
 				// show subfolders on dropover
-				over : function() { 
-					var link = $(this);
+				over : function(e) { 
+					var link = $(this),
+						cl   = hover+' '+dropover;
+
+					if (insideNavbar(e.clientX)) {
+						link.addClass(cl)
 						if (link.is('.'+collapsed+':not(.'+expanded+')')) {
 							setTimeout(function() {
 								link.is('.'+dropover) && link.children('.'+arrow).click();
 							}, 500);
-						} 
+						}
+					} else {
+						link.removeClass(cl);
 					}
-				}),
+				},
+				out : function() { $(this).removeClass(hover+' '+dropover); },
+				drop : function(e, ui) { insideNavbar(e.clientX) && drop.call(this, e, ui); }
+			}),
 			
 			spinner = $(fm.res('tpl', 'navspinner')),
 			
@@ -333,6 +349,8 @@ $.fn.elfindertree = function(fm, opts) {
 				})
 			},
 			
+			
+			
 			/**
 			 * Navigation tree
 			 *
@@ -407,11 +425,11 @@ $.fn.elfindertree = function(fm, opts) {
 						'x'       : e.clientX,
 						'y'       : e.clientY
 					});
-				})
+				}),
+			// move tree into navbar
+			navbar = fm.getUI('navbar').append(tree).show()
 				
 			;
-		// move tree into navbar
-		tree.parent().find('.elfinder-navbar').append(tree).show();
 
 		fm.open(function(e) {
 			var data = e.data,