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[Docs] Remove the Shift-key requirement for dragging files into chat - #70

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What changed

The drag-and-drop tip in docs/tips-and-tricks.md no longer tells users to hold the shift key while they drag files from the Explorer into the chat window. The tip now says that dragging works on local and remote (SSH) workspaces. It also says that users can still hold Shift, but it is no longer required.

Why this change was made

Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2184 fixes issue Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2139. The chat input now accepts file drags without Shift. The docs page still described Shift as a requirement, so it no longer matched the product.

Impact

Users read the correct workflow. The tip matches the fixed extension behavior.

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Tips and Tricks page with the updated drag-and-drop tip

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1 note outstanding: the tip documents behavior that ships only with Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2184 (still open), so merge ordering matters. See session

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Comment thread docs/tips-and-tricks.md
- Drag Zoo Code to the [Secondary Sidebar](https://code.visualstudio.com/api/ux-guidelines/sidebars#secondary-sidebar) so you can see the Explorer, Search, Source Control, etc.
<img src="/img/right-column-roo.gif" alt="Move Zoo Code to the secondary sidebar" width="900" />
- Once you have Zoo Code in a separate sidebar from the file explorer, you can drag files from the explorer into the chat window (and even multiple at once). Just make sure to hold down the shift key after you start dragging the files.
- Once you have Zoo Code in a separate sidebar from the file explorer, you can drag files from the explorer into the chat window (and even multiple at once). Dragging works on both local and remote (SSH) workspaces; you can still hold down the shift key while dragging, but it is no longer required.

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This tip now states Shift is no longer required, but that behavior currently exists only in Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2184, which is still an open draft — Zoo-Code main still gates the drop on e.shiftKey in webview-ui/src/components/chat/ChatTextArea.tsx (onDragOver). If this docs PR merges before the code PR, the tips page will contradict every released build.

No text change needed here — just keep this PR as a draft until Zoo-Code-Org/Zoo-Code#2184 merges (or merge it immediately after).

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