diff --git a/src/components/item/FolderContent.tsx b/src/components/item/FolderContent.tsx
index d0fa2a453..975814933 100644
--- a/src/components/item/FolderContent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/item/FolderContent.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ import {
   SelectionContextProvider,
   useSelectionContext,
 } from '../main/list/SelectionContext';
-import { useDragSelection } from '../main/list/useDragSelection';
+import {
+  DragContainerStack,
+  useDragSelection,
+} from '../main/list/useDragSelection';
 import { DesktopMap } from '../map/DesktopMap';
 import NoItemFilters from '../pages/NoItemFilters';
 import { OutletType } from '../pages/item/type';
@@ -49,6 +52,8 @@ type Props = {
   canWrite?: boolean;
 };
 
+const CONTAINER_ID = 'items-container-id';
+
 const Content = ({
   item,
   searchText,
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ const Content = ({
   const { itemTypes } = useFilterItemsContext();
   const { selectedIds, clearSelection, toggleSelection } =
     useSelectionContext();
-  const DragSelection = useDragSelection();
+  const DragSelection = useDragSelection({ containerId: CONTAINER_ID });
 
   if (mode === ItemLayoutMode.Map) {
     return (
@@ -73,24 +78,26 @@ const Content = ({
   if (items?.length) {
     return (
       <>
-        <ItemsTable
-          selectedIds={selectedIds}
-          enableMoveInBetween={sortBy === SortingOptionsForFolder.Order}
-          id={buildItemsTableId(item.id)}
-          items={items ?? []}
-          onCardClick={toggleSelection}
-          onMove={clearSelection}
-        />
-        {Boolean(canWrite && !searchText && !itemTypes?.length) && (
-          <Stack alignItems="center" mb={2}>
-            <NewItemButton
-              type="icon"
-              key="newButton"
-              // add new items at the end of the list
-              previousItemId={items ? items[items.length - 1]?.id : undefined}
-            />
-          </Stack>
-        )}
+        <DragContainerStack id={CONTAINER_ID}>
+          <ItemsTable
+            selectedIds={selectedIds}
+            enableMoveInBetween={sortBy === SortingOptionsForFolder.Order}
+            id={buildItemsTableId(item.id)}
+            items={items ?? []}
+            onCardClick={toggleSelection}
+            onMove={clearSelection}
+          />
+          {Boolean(canWrite && !searchText && !itemTypes?.length) && (
+            <Stack alignItems="center" mb={2}>
+              <NewItemButton
+                type="icon"
+                key="newButton"
+                // add new items at the end of the list
+                previousItemId={items ? items[items.length - 1]?.id : undefined}
+              />
+            </Stack>
+          )}
+        </DragContainerStack>
         {DragSelection}
       </>
     );
diff --git a/src/components/main/list/ItemsTable.tsx b/src/components/main/list/ItemsTable.tsx
index a00ea3749..a27cbbb04 100644
--- a/src/components/main/list/ItemsTable.tsx
+++ b/src/components/main/list/ItemsTable.tsx
@@ -105,11 +105,16 @@ const ItemsTable = ({
       return;
     }
 
+    // silent error, happens when you want to cancel the operation
+    if (movedItem.id === targetItem.id) {
+      console.error('cannot move target into itself');
+      return;
+    }
+
     // cannot move item into itself, or target cannot be part of selection if moving selection
     if (
-      movedItem.id === targetItem.id ||
-      (selectedIds.includes(movedItem?.id) &&
-        selectedIds.includes(targetItem.id))
+      selectedIds.includes(movedItem?.id) &&
+      selectedIds.includes(targetItem.id)
     ) {
       toast.error(translateMessage(FAILURE_MESSAGES.INVALID_MOVE_TARGET));
       return;
diff --git a/src/components/main/list/SelectionContext.tsx b/src/components/main/list/SelectionContext.tsx
index 4101847a5..7f0da2947 100644
--- a/src/components/main/list/SelectionContext.tsx
+++ b/src/components/main/list/SelectionContext.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import {
   useState,
 } from 'react';
 
+import { Stack } from '@mui/material';
+
 type SelectionContextValue = {
   selectedIds: string[];
   toggleSelection: (id: string) => void;
@@ -74,7 +76,9 @@ export const SelectionContextProvider = ({
 
   return (
     <SelectionContext.Provider value={value}>
-      <div ref={elementsContainerRef}>{children}</div>
+      <Stack height="100%" ref={elementsContainerRef}>
+        {children}
+      </Stack>
     </SelectionContext.Provider>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/components/main/list/useDragSelection.tsx b/src/components/main/list/useDragSelection.tsx
index dea70fbc7..f7b7ee989 100644
--- a/src/components/main/list/useDragSelection.tsx
+++ b/src/components/main/list/useDragSelection.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { ReactNode, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { Stack } from '@mui/material';
 
 import { PRIMARY_COLOR } from '@graasp/ui';
 
@@ -12,9 +14,35 @@ import { ITEM_CARD_CLASS } from '@/config/selectors';
 
 import { useSelectionContext } from './SelectionContext';
 
+export const DragContainerStack = ({
+  gap,
+  id,
+  children,
+}: {
+  gap?: number;
+  id: string;
+  children: ReactNode;
+}): JSX.Element => (
+  <Stack
+    // this is a hack to allow selection dragging from margin
+    // 100 is artbitrary big
+    mx={-100}
+    px={100}
+    height="100%"
+    id={id}
+    gap={gap}
+  >
+    {children}
+  </Stack>
+);
+
 export const useDragSelection = ({
   elementClass = ITEM_CARD_CLASS,
-} = {}): JSX.Element => {
+  containerId,
+}: {
+  containerId: string;
+  elementClass?: string;
+}): JSX.Element => {
   const { addToSelection, clearSelection } = useSelectionContext();
   const [boundingBox, setBoundingBox] = useState<null | {
     top: number;
@@ -52,8 +80,13 @@ export const useDragSelection = ({
       );
     },
     shouldStartSelecting: (e) => {
-      // does not trigger drag selection if mousedown on card
       if (e instanceof HTMLElement || e instanceof SVGElement) {
+        // does not trigger if click is outside of container
+        if (!e.closest(`#${containerId}`)) {
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        // does not trigger drag selection if mousedown on card
         return !e?.closest(`.${elementClass}`);
       }
       return true;
diff --git a/src/components/pages/PageWrapper.tsx b/src/components/pages/PageWrapper.tsx
index 39d0e1bb4..fb3eee150 100644
--- a/src/components/pages/PageWrapper.tsx
+++ b/src/components/pages/PageWrapper.tsx
@@ -19,14 +19,25 @@ const PageWrapper = ({
     <Helmet>
       <title>{title}</title>
     </Helmet>
-    <Container id={id} sx={{ my: 2 }}>
-      <Stack mb={2} direction="row" justifyContent="space-between" spacing={1}>
-        <Typography variant="h2" component="h1" sx={{ wordWrap: 'break-word' }}>
-          {title}
-        </Typography>
-        {options}
+    <Container id={id} sx={{ pt: 1, height: '100%' }}>
+      <Stack height="100%">
+        <Stack
+          mb={2}
+          direction="row"
+          justifyContent="space-between"
+          spacing={1}
+        >
+          <Typography
+            variant="h2"
+            component="h1"
+            sx={{ wordWrap: 'break-word' }}
+          >
+            {title}
+          </Typography>
+          {options}
+        </Stack>
+        {children}
       </Stack>
-      {children}
     </Container>
   </>
 );
diff --git a/src/components/pages/RecycledItemsScreen.tsx b/src/components/pages/RecycledItemsScreen.tsx
index a212266d4..0e219fbaa 100644
--- a/src/components/pages/RecycledItemsScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/components/pages/RecycledItemsScreen.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import {
   SelectionContextProvider,
   useSelectionContext,
 } from '../main/list/SelectionContext';
-import { useDragSelection } from '../main/list/useDragSelection';
+import {
+  DragContainerStack,
+  useDragSelection,
+} from '../main/list/useDragSelection';
 import ItemCard from '../table/ItemCard';
 import SortingSelect from '../table/SortingSelect';
 import { SortingOptions } from '../table/types';
@@ -29,6 +32,8 @@ import { useSorting, useTranslatedSortingOptions } from '../table/useSorting';
 import PageWrapper from './PageWrapper';
 import RecycleBinToolbar from './recycleBin/RecycleBinSelectionToolbar';
 
+const CONTAINER_ID = 'recycle-items-container';
+
 const RecycledItemsScreenContent = ({
   searchText,
 }: {
@@ -52,14 +57,14 @@ const RecycledItemsScreenContent = ({
     ?.sort(sortFn);
   const { selectedIds, toggleSelection } = useSelectionContext();
 
-  const DragSelection = useDragSelection();
+  const DragSelection = useDragSelection({ containerId: CONTAINER_ID });
 
   // render this when there is data from the query
   if (recycledItems?.length) {
     const hasSelection = selectedIds.length && filteredData?.length;
     return (
       <>
-        <Stack gap={1}>
+        <Stack gap={1} height="100%">
           <Stack
             alignItems="space-between"
             direction="column"
@@ -91,32 +96,34 @@ const RecycledItemsScreenContent = ({
               </Stack>
             )}
           </Stack>
-          {
-            // render the filtered data and when it is empty display that nothing matches the search
-            filteredData?.length ? (
-              filteredData.map((item) => (
-                <ItemCard
-                  item={item}
-                  onThumbnailClick={() => toggleSelection(item.id)}
-                  isSelected={selectedIds.includes(item.id)}
-                  showThumbnail={false}
-                  allowNavigation={false}
-                  footer={
-                    <Stack justifyContent="right" direction="row">
-                      <RestoreButton itemIds={[item.id]} />
-                      <DeleteButton items={[item]} />
-                    </Stack>
-                  }
-                />
-              ))
-            ) : (
-              <Alert severity="info">
-                {translateBuilder(BUILDER.TRASH_NO_ITEM_SEARCH, {
-                  search: searchText,
-                })}
-              </Alert>
-            )
-          }
+          <DragContainerStack id={CONTAINER_ID}>
+            {
+              // render the filtered data and when it is empty display that nothing matches the search
+              filteredData?.length ? (
+                filteredData.map((item) => (
+                  <ItemCard
+                    item={item}
+                    onThumbnailClick={() => toggleSelection(item.id)}
+                    isSelected={selectedIds.includes(item.id)}
+                    showThumbnail={false}
+                    allowNavigation={false}
+                    footer={
+                      <Stack justifyContent="right" direction="row">
+                        <RestoreButton itemIds={[item.id]} />
+                        <DeleteButton items={[item]} />
+                      </Stack>
+                    }
+                  />
+                ))
+              ) : (
+                <Alert severity="info">
+                  {translateBuilder(BUILDER.TRASH_NO_ITEM_SEARCH, {
+                    search: searchText,
+                  })}
+                </Alert>
+              )
+            }
+          </DragContainerStack>
         </Stack>
         {DragSelection}
       </>
diff --git a/src/components/pages/home/HomeScreen.tsx b/src/components/pages/home/HomeScreen.tsx
index 64fd7b315..4c858b336 100644
--- a/src/components/pages/home/HomeScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/components/pages/home/HomeScreen.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ import {
   SelectionContextProvider,
   useSelectionContext,
 } from '@/components/main/list/SelectionContext';
-import { useDragSelection } from '@/components/main/list/useDragSelection';
+import {
+  DragContainerStack,
+  useDragSelection,
+} from '@/components/main/list/useDragSelection';
 import { ITEM_PAGE_SIZE } from '@/config/constants';
 import { ShowOnlyMeChangeType } from '@/config/types';
 import { ItemLayoutMode, Ordering } from '@/enums';
@@ -46,6 +49,8 @@ import NoItemFilters from '../NoItemFilters';
 import PageWrapper from '../PageWrapper';
 import HomeSelectionToolbar from './HomeSelectionToolbar';
 
+const CONTAINER_ID = 'home-items-container';
+
 const HomeScreenContent = ({ searchText }: { searchText: string }) => {
   const { t: translateBuilder } = useBuilderTranslation();
   const { t: translateEnums } = useEnumsTranslation();
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ const HomeScreenContent = ({ searchText }: { searchText: string }) => {
       { pageSize: ITEM_PAGE_SIZE },
     );
 
-  const DragSelection = useDragSelection();
+  const DragSelection = useDragSelection({ containerId: CONTAINER_ID });
 
   const onShowOnlyMeChange: ShowOnlyMeChangeType = (checked) => {
     setShowOnlyMe(checked);
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ const HomeScreenContent = ({ searchText }: { searchText: string }) => {
         ? data.pages.map(({ data: d }) => d.length).reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0)
         : 0;
       content = (
-        <>
+        <DragContainerStack id={CONTAINER_ID}>
           <ItemsTable
             canMove={!searchText}
             id={ACCESSIBLE_ITEMS_TABLE_ID}
@@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ const HomeScreenContent = ({ searchText }: { searchText: string }) => {
               <NewItemButton type="icon" />
             </Stack>
           )}
-        </>
+        </DragContainerStack>
       );
     } else if (itemTypes.length || searchText) {
       content = <NoItemFilters searchText={searchText} />;
@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ const HomeScreenContent = ({ searchText }: { searchText: string }) => {
             </Stack>
           )}
         </Stack>
-        <Stack>
+        <Stack height="100%">
           {content}
           {data && isFetching && (
             <Box sx={{ width: '100%' }}>