Draggable icon in the title bar?

Question

Previously, one could see an icon of the document in the title bar of any open window. For instance, In Pages there would be a small Pages icon to the left of the title of the document. I used these to save the document to new locations when I didn't know the original, for instance, when I opend it from Mail.

This does not appear to exist in Big Sur. I am missing it. Is there a way to get it back?

Answer 1

You can make the proxy icon appear immediately on title hover:

defaults write -g NSToolbarTitleViewRolloverDelay -float 0

Answer 2

The draggable icon in the title bar is not gone in Big Sur, just hidden.

To display it, simply place the mouse over the document name for a second, and it will appear. Hold shift to remove the delay before the icon appears.

When the icon is visible, you can drag it to another folder as you desire.

Note that it is not necessary that the icon be visible if you just want to display the full path to the file. Either right-click the document title, or click the title while pressing the command key and it will appear instantly: