diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/CodeNodeEditor/CodeNodeEditor.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/CodeNodeEditor/CodeNodeEditor.vue
index 381380cdfc..3ef1782b05 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/CodeNodeEditor/CodeNodeEditor.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/CodeNodeEditor/CodeNodeEditor.vue
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type { CodeExecutionMode, CodeNodeEditorLanguage } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import { format } from 'prettier';
 import jsParser from 'prettier/plugins/babel';
 import * as estree from 'prettier/plugins/estree';
-import { type Ref, computed, nextTick, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue';
+import { type Ref, computed, nextTick, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, toRaw, watch } from 'vue';
 
 import { CODE_NODE_TYPE } from '@/constants';
 import { codeNodeEditorEventBus } from '@/event-bus';
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { useLinter } from './linter';
 import { codeNodeEditorTheme } from './theme';
 import { useI18n } from '@/composables/useI18n';
 import { useTelemetry } from '@/composables/useTelemetry';
+import { dropInCodeEditor, mappingDropCursor } from '@/plugins/codemirror/dragAndDrop';
 
 type Props = {
 	mode: CodeExecutionMode;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ const emit = defineEmits<{
 const message = useMessage();
 const editor = ref(null) as Ref<EditorView | null>;
 const languageCompartment = ref(new Compartment());
+const dragAndDropCompartment = ref(new Compartment());
 const linterCompartment = ref(new Compartment());
 const isEditorHovered = ref(false);
 const isEditorFocused = ref(false);
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ onMounted(() => {
 
 		extensions.push(
 			...writableEditorExtensions,
+			dragAndDropCompartment.value.of(dragAndDropExtension.value),
 			EditorView.domEventHandlers({
 				focus: () => {
 					isEditorFocused.value = true;
@@ -151,6 +154,12 @@ const placeholder = computed(() => {
 	return CODE_PLACEHOLDERS[props.language]?.[props.mode] ?? '';
 });
 
+const dragAndDropEnabled = computed(() => {
+	return !props.isReadOnly && props.mode === 'runOnceForEachItem';
+});
+
+const dragAndDropExtension = computed(() => (dragAndDropEnabled.value ? mappingDropCursor() : []));
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line vue/return-in-computed-property
 const languageExtensions = computed<[LanguageSupport, ...Extension[]]>(() => {
 	switch (props.language) {
@@ -188,6 +197,12 @@ watch(
 	},
 );
 
+watch(dragAndDropExtension, (extension) => {
+	editor.value?.dispatch({
+		effects: dragAndDropCompartment.value.reconfigure(extension),
+	});
+});
+
 watch(
 	() => props.language,
 	(_newLanguage, previousLanguage: CodeNodeEditorLanguage) => {
@@ -202,7 +217,6 @@ watch(
 		reloadLinter();
 	},
 );
-
 watch(
 	aiEnabled,
 	async (isEnabled) => {
@@ -361,6 +375,12 @@ function onAiLoadStart() {
 function onAiLoadEnd() {
 	isLoadingAIResponse.value = false;
 }
+
+async function onDrop(value: string, event: MouseEvent) {
+	if (!editor.value) return;
+
+	await dropInCodeEditor(toRaw(editor.value), event, value);
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -384,10 +404,20 @@ function onAiLoadEnd() {
 				data-test-id="code-node-tab-code"
 				:class="$style.fillHeight"
 			>
-				<div
-					ref="codeNodeEditorRef"
-					:class="['ph-no-capture', 'code-editor-tabs', $style.editorInput, $style.fillHeight]"
-				/>
+				<DraggableTarget type="mapping" :disabled="!dragAndDropEnabled" @drop="onDrop">
+					<template #default="{ activeDrop, droppable }">
+						<div
+							ref="codeNodeEditorRef"
+							:class="[
+								'ph-no-capture',
+								'code-editor-tabs',
+								$style.editorInput,
+								$style.fillHeight,
+								{ [$style.activeDrop]: activeDrop, [$style.droppable]: droppable },
+							]"
+						/>
+					</template>
+				</DraggableTarget>
 				<slot name="suffix" />
 			</el-tab-pane>
 			<el-tab-pane
@@ -407,7 +437,19 @@ function onAiLoadEnd() {
 		</el-tabs>
 		<!-- If AskAi not enabled, there's no point in rendering tabs -->
 		<div v-else :class="$style.fillHeight">
-			<div ref="codeNodeEditorRef" :class="['ph-no-capture', $style.fillHeight]" />
+			<DraggableTarget type="mapping" :disabled="!dragAndDropEnabled" @drop="onDrop">
+				<template #default="{ activeDrop, droppable }">
+					<div
+						ref="codeNodeEditorRef"
+						:class="[
+							'ph-no-capture',
+							$style.fillHeight,
+							$style.editorInput,
+							{ [$style.activeDrop]: activeDrop, [$style.droppable]: droppable },
+						]"
+					/>
+				</template>
+			</DraggableTarget>
 			<slot name="suffix" />
 		</div>
 	</div>
@@ -415,7 +457,7 @@ function onAiLoadEnd() {
 
 <style scoped lang="scss">
 :deep(.el-tabs) {
-	.code-editor-tabs .cm-editor {
+	.cm-editor {
 		border: 0;
 	}
 }
@@ -454,4 +496,21 @@ function onAiLoadEnd() {
 .fillHeight {
 	height: 100%;
 }
+
+.editorInput.droppable {
+	:global(.cm-editor) {
+		border-color: var(--color-ndv-droppable-parameter);
+		border-style: dashed;
+		border-width: 1.5px;
+	}
+}
+
+.editorInput.activeDrop {
+	:global(.cm-editor) {
+		border-color: var(--color-success);
+		border-style: solid;
+		cursor: grabbing;
+		border-width: 1px;
+	}
+}
 </style>
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/ExpressionEditModal.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/ExpressionEditModal.vue
index b92f1eca18..1f9f0b75fe 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/ExpressionEditModal.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/ExpressionEditModal.vue
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import OutputItemSelect from './InlineExpressionEditor/OutputItemSelect.vue';
 import { useI18n } from '@/composables/useI18n';
 import { useDebounce } from '@/composables/useDebounce';
 import DraggableTarget from './DraggableTarget.vue';
-import { dropInEditor } from '@/plugins/codemirror/dragAndDrop';
+import { dropInExpressionEditor } from '@/plugins/codemirror/dragAndDrop';
 
 import { APP_MODALS_ELEMENT_ID } from '@/constants';
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function closeDialog() {
 async function onDrop(expression: string, event: MouseEvent) {
 	if (!inputEditor.value) return;
 
-	await dropInEditor(toRaw(inputEditor.value), event, expression);
+	await dropInExpressionEditor(toRaw(inputEditor.value), event, expression);
 }
 </script>
 
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/ExpressionParameterInput.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/ExpressionParameterInput.vue
index 239178aa0a..8706e73991 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/ExpressionParameterInput.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/ExpressionParameterInput.vue
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { useWorkflowsStore } from '@/stores/workflows.store';
 import { createExpressionTelemetryPayload } from '@/utils/telemetryUtils';
 
 import { useTelemetry } from '@/composables/useTelemetry';
-import { dropInEditor } from '@/plugins/codemirror/dragAndDrop';
+import { dropInExpressionEditor } from '@/plugins/codemirror/dragAndDrop';
 import type { Segment } from '@/types/expressions';
 import { startCompletion } from '@codemirror/autocomplete';
 import type { EditorState, SelectionRange } from '@codemirror/state';
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ async function onDrop(value: string, event: MouseEvent) {
 
 	if (!editor) return;
 
-	const droppedSelection = await dropInEditor(toRaw(editor), event, value);
+	const droppedSelection = await dropInExpressionEditor(toRaw(editor), event, value);
 
 	if (!ndvStore.isMappingOnboarded) ndvStore.setMappingOnboarded();
 
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/HtmlEditor/HtmlEditor.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/HtmlEditor/HtmlEditor.vue
index c4c730cde7..02fd40737e 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/HtmlEditor/HtmlEditor.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/HtmlEditor/HtmlEditor.vue
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import jsParser from 'prettier/plugins/babel';
 import * as estree from 'prettier/plugins/estree';
 import htmlParser from 'prettier/plugins/html';
 import cssParser from 'prettier/plugins/postcss';
-import { computed, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, toValue, watch } from 'vue';
+import { computed, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, toRaw, toValue, watch } from 'vue';
 
 import { htmlEditorEventBus } from '@/event-bus';
 import { useExpressionEditor } from '@/composables/useExpressionEditor';
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { autoCloseTags, htmlLanguage } from 'codemirror-lang-html-n8n';
 import { codeNodeEditorTheme } from '../CodeNodeEditor/theme';
 import type { Range, Section } from './types';
 import { nonTakenRanges } from './utils';
+import { dropInExpressionEditor, mappingDropCursor } from '@/plugins/codemirror/dragAndDrop';
 
 type Props = {
 	modelValue: string;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ const extensions = computed(() => [
 	dropCursor(),
 	indentOnInput(),
 	highlightActiveLine(),
+	mappingDropCursor(),
 ]);
 const {
 	editor: editorRef,
@@ -238,11 +240,25 @@ onMounted(() => {
 onBeforeUnmount(() => {
 	htmlEditorEventBus.off('format-html', formatHtml);
 });
+
+async function onDrop(value: string, event: MouseEvent) {
+	if (!editorRef.value) return;
+
+	await dropInExpressionEditor(toRaw(editorRef.value), event, value);
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
 	<div :class="$style.editor">
-		<div ref="htmlEditor" data-test-id="html-editor-container"></div>
+		<DraggableTarget type="mapping" :disabled="isReadOnly" @drop="onDrop">
+			<template #default="{ activeDrop, droppable }">
+				<div
+					ref="htmlEditor"
+					:class="{ [$style.activeDrop]: activeDrop, [$style.droppable]: droppable }"
+					data-test-id="html-editor-container"
+				></div
+			></template>
+		</DraggableTarget>
 		<slot name="suffix" />
 	</div>
 </template>
@@ -255,4 +271,21 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
 		height: 100%;
 	}
 }
+
+.droppable {
+	:global(.cm-editor) {
+		border-color: var(--color-ndv-droppable-parameter);
+		border-style: dashed;
+		border-width: 1.5px;
+	}
+}
+
+.activeDrop {
+	:global(.cm-editor) {
+		border-color: var(--color-success);
+		border-style: solid;
+		cursor: grabbing;
+		border-width: 1px;
+	}
+}
 </style>
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/JsonEditor/JsonEditor.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/JsonEditor/JsonEditor.vue
index f1116da097..650aa8f48b 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/JsonEditor/JsonEditor.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/JsonEditor/JsonEditor.vue
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/plugins/codemirror/keymap';
 import { n8nAutocompletion } from '@/plugins/codemirror/n8nLang';
 import { computed, onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue';
+import { mappingDropCursor } from '@/plugins/codemirror/dragAndDrop';
 
 type Props = {
 	modelValue: string;
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ const extensions = computed(() => {
 			foldGutter(),
 			dropCursor(),
 			bracketMatching(),
+			mappingDropCursor(),
 			EditorView.updateListener.of((viewUpdate: ViewUpdate) => {
 				if (!viewUpdate.docChanged || !editor.value) return;
 				emit('update:modelValue', editor.value?.state.doc.toString());
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/SqlEditor/SqlEditor.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/SqlEditor/SqlEditor.vue
index 3b6766822b..5475e04a05 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/SqlEditor/SqlEditor.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/SqlEditor/SqlEditor.vue
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ import {
 	StandardSQL,
 	keywordCompletionSource,
 } from '@n8n/codemirror-lang-sql';
-import { computed, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue';
+import { computed, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, toRaw, watch } from 'vue';
 import { codeNodeEditorTheme } from '../CodeNodeEditor/theme';
+import { dropInExpressionEditor, mappingDropCursor } from '@/plugins/codemirror/dragAndDrop';
 
 const SQL_DIALECTS = {
 	StandardSQL,
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ const extensions = computed(() => {
 			foldGutter(),
 			dropCursor(),
 			bracketMatching(),
+			mappingDropCursor(),
 		]);
 	}
 	return baseExtensions;
@@ -178,11 +180,28 @@ function highlightLine(lineNumber: number | 'final') {
 		selection: { anchor: lineToHighlight.from },
 	});
 }
+
+async function onDrop(value: string, event: MouseEvent) {
+	if (!editor.value) return;
+
+	await dropInExpressionEditor(toRaw(editor.value), event, value);
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
 	<div :class="$style.sqlEditor">
-		<div ref="sqlEditor" :class="$style.codemirror" data-test-id="sql-editor-container"></div>
+		<DraggableTarget type="mapping" :disabled="isReadOnly" @drop="onDrop">
+			<template #default="{ activeDrop, droppable }">
+				<div
+					ref="sqlEditor"
+					:class="[
+						$style.codemirror,
+						{ [$style.activeDrop]: activeDrop, [$style.droppable]: droppable },
+					]"
+					data-test-id="sql-editor-container"
+				></div>
+			</template>
+		</DraggableTarget>
 		<slot name="suffix" />
 		<InlineExpressionEditorOutput
 			v-if="!fullscreen"
@@ -202,4 +221,21 @@ function highlightLine(lineNumber: number | 'final') {
 .codemirror {
 	height: 100%;
 }
+
+.codemirror.droppable {
+	:global(.cm-editor) {
+		border-color: var(--color-ndv-droppable-parameter);
+		border-style: dashed;
+		border-width: 1.5px;
+	}
+}
+
+.codemirror.activeDrop {
+	:global(.cm-editor) {
+		border-color: var(--color-success);
+		border-style: solid;
+		cursor: grabbing;
+		border-width: 1px;
+	}
+}
 </style>
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/codemirror/dragAndDrop.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/codemirror/dragAndDrop.ts
index 20940add7c..13fca3c26d 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/codemirror/dragAndDrop.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/plugins/codemirror/dragAndDrop.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { EditorSelection, StateEffect, StateField, type Extension } from '@codemirror/state';
-import { ViewPlugin, type EditorView, type ViewUpdate } from '@codemirror/view';
-import { syntaxTree } from '@codemirror/language';
 import { useNDVStore } from '@/stores/ndv.store';
 import { unwrapExpression } from '@/utils/expressions';
+import { syntaxTree } from '@codemirror/language';
+import { EditorSelection, StateEffect, StateField, type Extension } from '@codemirror/state';
+import { ViewPlugin, type EditorView, type ViewUpdate } from '@codemirror/view';
 
 const setDropCursorPos = StateEffect.define<number | null>({
 	map(pos, mapping) {
@@ -121,20 +121,10 @@ function eventToCoord(event: MouseEvent): { x: number; y: number } {
 	return { x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY };
 }
 
-export async function dropInEditor(view: EditorView, event: MouseEvent, value: string) {
-	const dropPos = view.posAtCoords(eventToCoord(event), false);
-
-	const node = syntaxTree(view.state).resolve(dropPos);
-	let valueToInsert = value;
-
-	// We are already in an expression, do not insert brackets
-	if (node.name === 'Resolvable') {
-		valueToInsert = unwrapExpression(value);
-	}
-
-	const changes = view.state.changes({ from: dropPos, insert: valueToInsert });
-	const anchor = changes.mapPos(dropPos, -1);
-	const head = changes.mapPos(dropPos, 1);
+function dropValueInEditor(view: EditorView, pos: number, value: string) {
+	const changes = view.state.changes({ from: pos, insert: value });
+	const anchor = changes.mapPos(pos, -1);
+	const head = changes.mapPos(pos, 1);
 	const selection = EditorSelection.single(anchor, head);
 
 	view.dispatch({
@@ -144,10 +134,29 @@ export async function dropInEditor(view: EditorView, event: MouseEvent, value: s
 	});
 
 	setTimeout(() => view.focus());
-
 	return selection;
 }
 
+export async function dropInExpressionEditor(view: EditorView, event: MouseEvent, value: string) {
+	const dropPos = view.posAtCoords(eventToCoord(event), false);
+	const node = syntaxTree(view.state).resolve(dropPos);
+	let valueToInsert = value;
+
+	// We are already in an expression, do not insert brackets
+	if (node.name === 'Resolvable') {
+		valueToInsert = unwrapExpression(value);
+	}
+
+	return dropValueInEditor(view, dropPos, valueToInsert);
+}
+
+export async function dropInCodeEditor(view: EditorView, event: MouseEvent, value: string) {
+	const dropPos = view.posAtCoords(eventToCoord(event), false);
+	const valueToInsert = unwrapExpression(value);
+
+	return dropValueInEditor(view, dropPos, valueToInsert);
+}
+
 export function mappingDropCursor(): Extension {
 	return [dropCursorPos, drawDropCursor];
 }