diff --git a/v3/src/components/codap-modal.scss b/v3/src/components/codap-modal.scss
index e49469d02..a986ff991 100644
--- a/v3/src/components/codap-modal.scss
+++ b/v3/src/components/codap-modal.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 @import "./vars.scss";
 $header-height: 30px;
+$modal-height: 350px;
+$modal-width: 350px;
 
 .chakra-modal__content {
   font-family: "museo-sans", sans-serif;
@@ -74,3 +76,16 @@ $header-height: 30px;
     background-color: white;
   }
 }
+
+.codap-modal-content {
+  position: absolute !important;
+  margin-top: 0 !important;
+}
+
+.chakra-modal__content-container {
+  position: absolute !important;
+}
+
+.chakra-modal__overlay {
+  opacity: 0.01 !important;
+}
diff --git a/v3/src/components/codap-modal.tsx b/v3/src/components/codap-modal.tsx
index 57632b671..5c98d0443 100644
--- a/v3/src/components/codap-modal.tsx
+++ b/v3/src/components/codap-modal.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { Modal, ModalContent, ModalOverlay } from "@chakra-ui/react"
-import React, { ReactNode, forwardRef } from "react"
+import { Modal, ModalContent, ModalOverlay, useMergeRefs } from "@chakra-ui/react"
+import React, { ReactNode, forwardRef, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react"
 
 import "./codap-modal.scss"
 
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ interface IProps {
 }
 
 export const CodapModal = forwardRef(({
-  children, closeOnOverlayClick=true, initialRef, isOpen, onClick, onClose, modalWidth, modalHeight
-}: IProps, ref: React.LegacyRef<HTMLElement> | undefined) => {
+  children, initialRef, isOpen, onClick, onClose, modalWidth, modalHeight
+}: IProps, ref: React.Ref<HTMLElement> | undefined) => {
+
   return (
     <Modal
-      closeOnOverlayClick={closeOnOverlayClick}
       data-testid="codap-modal"
       initialFocusRef={initialRef}
       isOpen={isOpen}
@@ -27,16 +27,110 @@ export const CodapModal = forwardRef(({
       size="xs"
     >
       <ModalOverlay />
-      <ModalContent
-        className="codap-modal-content"
-        h={modalHeight || "500px"}
-        onClick={onClick}
-        ref={ref}
-        w={modalWidth || "400px"}
-      >
-        {children}
-      </ModalContent>
+      <DraggableModalContent
+          fRef={ref}
+          modalWidth={modalWidth}
+          modalHeight={modalHeight}
+          onClick={onClick}
+          isOpen={isOpen}
+        >
+          {children}
+      </DraggableModalContent>
     </Modal>
   )
 })
 CodapModal.displayName = "CodapModal"
+
+interface IDraggableModalContentProps {
+  children: ReactNode
+  modalWidth?: string
+  modalHeight?: string
+  onClick?: () => void
+  fRef: React.Ref<HTMLElement> | undefined
+  isOpen: boolean
+}
+
+const DraggableModalContent = ({children, modalWidth, modalHeight, onClick, fRef, isOpen
+    }: IDraggableModalContentProps) => {
+  const [modalPos, setModalPos] = useState({left: 350, top: 250})
+  const modalRef = useRef<HTMLElement | null>(null)
+  const mergedRef = useMergeRefs(fRef, modalRef)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const modalElement = modalRef.current
+    if (!modalElement) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    let isDragging = false
+    let startX = 0
+    let startY = 0
+    let initialX = 0
+    let initialY = 0
+
+    const handleMouseDown = (e: MouseEvent) => {
+      e.stopPropagation()
+      isDragging = true
+      startX = e.clientX
+      startY = e.clientY
+      if (modalElement) {
+        initialX = modalElement.offsetLeft
+        initialY = modalElement.offsetTop
+      }
+
+      document.addEventListener("mousemove", handleMouseMove)
+      document.addEventListener("mouseup", handleMouseUp)
+    }
+
+    const handleMouseMove = (e: MouseEvent) => {
+      if (isDragging) {
+        const deltaX = e.clientX - startX
+        const deltaY = e.clientY - startY
+        modalElement.style.left = `${initialX + deltaX}px`
+        modalElement.style.top = `${initialY + deltaY}px`
+        setModalPos({left: initialX + deltaX, top: initialY + deltaY})
+      }
+    }
+
+    const handleMouseUp = (e: MouseEvent) => {
+      isDragging = false
+      document.removeEventListener("mousemove", handleMouseMove)
+      document.removeEventListener("mouseup", handleMouseUp)
+    }
+
+    modalElement.addEventListener("mousedown", handleMouseDown)
+
+    return () => {
+      modalElement.removeEventListener("mousedown", handleMouseDown)
+      document.removeEventListener("mousemove", handleMouseMove)
+      document.removeEventListener("mouseup", handleMouseUp)
+    }
+  }, [])
+
+
+
+  const style: React.CSSProperties = {
+    width: modalWidth || "400px",
+    height: modalHeight || "400px",
+    cursor: "move",
+    top: modalPos.top,
+    left: modalPos.left,
+    position: "absolute"
+  }
+
+  const varStyle = {
+    "--modal-width": modalWidth || "400px",
+    "--modal-height": modalHeight || "400px"
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <ModalContent
+      ref={mergedRef}
+      style={{...style, ...varStyle}}
+      onClick={onClick}
+      className="codap-modal-content"
+    >
+      {children}
+    </ModalContent>
+  )
+}