With drag and drop, you can use a finger to move text and items within an app and copy items from one app to another. For example, you can drag an image from Notes into an email. (Not all third-party apps support drag and drop.)
Locate the item you want to move.
Touch and hold the item until it lifts up (if it’s text, select it first).
Drag it to another location within the app.
If you drag to the bottom or top of a long document, it automatically scrolls.
Touch and hold the link until it lifts up, then do one of the following:
Replace a Split View or Slide Over window with the link’s destination: Drag the link to the window.
Open the link’s destination in a Split View or Slide Over window: When there is no Split View or Slide Over window showing, drag the link to the left or right edge of the screen to open the destination in Split View, or drag the link close to the edge to open it in Slide Over.
Locate the item you want to copy (if it’s text, select it).
Touch and hold the item until it lifts up.
While continuing to hold the item, use another finger to swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen, then either pause to reveal the Dock or press the Home button (on an iPad with a Home button).
Drag the item over the other app to open it (a ghost image of the item appears under your finger as you drag).
You can drag over items in the app to navigate to where you want to drop the item (as you drag, Open two apps in Split View on iPad