diff --git a/examples/03-ui-components/03-formatting-toolbar-block-type-items/src/App.tsx b/examples/03-ui-components/03-formatting-toolbar-block-type-items/src/App.tsx
index eeb8e38887..155318652d 100644
--- a/examples/03-ui-components/03-formatting-toolbar-block-type-items/src/App.tsx
+++ b/examples/03-ui-components/03-formatting-toolbar-block-type-items/src/App.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const CustomFormattingToolbar = () => {
       // Sets the items in the Block Type Select.
       blockTypeSelectItems={[
         // Gets the default Block Type Select items.
-        ...blockTypeSelectItems(editor.dictionary),
+        ...blockTypeSelectItems(editor),
         // Adds an item for the Alert block.
         {
           name: "Alert",
diff --git a/examples/03-ui-components/13-custom-ui/src/MUIFormattingToolbar.tsx b/examples/03-ui-components/13-custom-ui/src/MUIFormattingToolbar.tsx
index 7a1b7d6b6d..b4833393a2 100644
--- a/examples/03-ui-components/13-custom-ui/src/MUIFormattingToolbar.tsx
+++ b/examples/03-ui-components/13-custom-ui/src/MUIFormattingToolbar.tsx
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ function MUIBlockTypeSelect() {
 
   // Gets the default items for the select.
   const defaultBlockTypeSelectItems = useMemo(
-    () => blockTypeSelectItems(editor.dictionary),
-    [editor.dictionary],
+    () => blockTypeSelectItems(editor),
+    [editor],
   );
 
   // Gets the selected item.
diff --git a/examples/06-custom-schema/05-alert-block-full-ux/src/App.tsx b/examples/06-custom-schema/05-alert-block-full-ux/src/App.tsx
index 931c0e1169..409d7a1e97 100644
--- a/examples/06-custom-schema/05-alert-block-full-ux/src/App.tsx
+++ b/examples/06-custom-schema/05-alert-block-full-ux/src/App.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const CustomFormattingToolbar = () => {
       // Sets the items in the Block Type Select.
       blockTypeSelectItems={[
         // Gets the default Block Type Select items.
-        ...blockTypeSelectItems(editor.dictionary),
+        ...blockTypeSelectItems(editor),
         // Adds an item for the Alert block.
         {
           name: "Alert",
diff --git a/examples/06-custom-schema/09-math-block/src/App.tsx b/examples/06-custom-schema/09-math-block/src/App.tsx
index 554b3402bb..def4ecf3b1 100644
--- a/examples/06-custom-schema/09-math-block/src/App.tsx
+++ b/examples/06-custom-schema/09-math-block/src/App.tsx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export default function App() {
         formattingToolbar={() => (
           <FormattingToolbar
             blockTypeSelectItems={[
-              ...blockTypeSelectItems(editor.dictionary),
+              ...blockTypeSelectItems(editor),
               ...getMathBlockTypeSelectItems(editor),
             ]}
           />
diff --git a/examples/06-custom-schema/10-diagram-block/src/App.tsx b/examples/06-custom-schema/10-diagram-block/src/App.tsx
index c96af84261..57998b3f8f 100644
--- a/examples/06-custom-schema/10-diagram-block/src/App.tsx
+++ b/examples/06-custom-schema/10-diagram-block/src/App.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export default function App() {
         formattingToolbar={() => (
           <FormattingToolbar
             blockTypeSelectItems={[
-              ...blockTypeSelectItems(editor.dictionary),
+              ...blockTypeSelectItems(editor),
               ...getDiagramBlockTypeSelectItems(editor),
             ]}
           />
diff --git a/packages/core/src/blocks/Heading/block.ts b/packages/core/src/blocks/Heading/block.ts
index 4e84967d9e..3aaad271d1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/blocks/Heading/block.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/blocks/Heading/block.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ export const createHeadingBlockSpec = createBlockSpec(
   ({ allowToggleHeadings = true }: HeadingOptions = {}) => ({
     meta: {
       isolating: false,
+      // A block dragged onto a toggle heading becomes its first child.
+      dropsIntoChildren: (block) =>
+        allowToggleHeadings && block.props.isToggleable === true,
     },
     // A toggle heading resets to a regular heading, which in turn resets to a
     // paragraph. While a toggle heading is open, Enter in its text starts its
diff --git a/packages/core/src/blocks/ListItem/ToggleListItem/block.ts b/packages/core/src/blocks/ListItem/ToggleListItem/block.ts
index bc4c0a8d95..cda0d7e88f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/blocks/ListItem/ToggleListItem/block.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/blocks/ListItem/ToggleListItem/block.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export const createToggleListItemBlockSpec = createBlockSpec(
     },
     meta: {
       isolating: false,
+      // A block dragged onto the toggle becomes its first child.
+      dropsIntoChildren: () => true,
     },
     parse(element) {
       if (element.tagName === "DETAILS") {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/blocks/ToggleWrapper/createToggleFrame.ts b/packages/core/src/blocks/ToggleWrapper/createToggleFrame.ts
index 0907ea8a34..f77b837eee 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/blocks/ToggleWrapper/createToggleFrame.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/blocks/ToggleWrapper/createToggleFrame.ts
@@ -107,14 +107,13 @@ export function createToggleFrame(
     dom,
     slot,
     // Keeps the frame, and so its open state, when the block changes. Adding
-    // a child opens the toggle, and removing the last one closes it.
+    // a child opens the toggle. Removing the last child keeps it open, showing
+    // the "Add block" button, as in Notion.
     update(updated: Block<any, any, any>) {
       const newChildCount = updated.children.length;
       const wasOpen = open;
       if (newChildCount > childCount) {
         open = true;
-      } else if (newChildCount === 0 && childCount > 0) {
-        open = false;
       }
       if (open !== wasOpen) {
         toggledState.set(updated, open);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/blocks/ToggleWrapper/toggleBlocks.browser.test.ts b/packages/core/src/blocks/ToggleWrapper/toggleBlocks.browser.test.ts
index 2b15ae1bfa..b8d932d189 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/blocks/ToggleWrapper/toggleBlocks.browser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/blocks/ToggleWrapper/toggleBlocks.browser.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Fragment, Slice } from "prosemirror-model";
 import { TextSelection } from "prosemirror-state";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
 import { page, userEvent } from "vite-plus/test/browser";
@@ -144,6 +145,52 @@ async function open(id: string) {
   await userEvent.click(toggleButton(id)!);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Drags block `id` over the center of `target`, as the side menu starts a
+ * block drag. The events are synthetic: an emulated mouse drag does not reach
+ * every target reliably. `drop()` drops the block there.
+ */
+function dragBlockOver(id: string, target: Element) {
+  const view = editor.prosemirrorView;
+  const { node } = getNodeById(id, view.state.doc)!;
+  view.dragging = { slice: new Slice(Fragment.from(node), 0, 0), move: true };
+  // The side menu also puts the blocks in the drag data, which marks the drop
+  // as a block drop for the editor's drop handlers.
+  const dataTransfer = new DataTransfer();
+  dataTransfer.setData("blocknote/html", "");
+  const rect = target.getBoundingClientRect();
+  const init: DragEventInit = {
+    bubbles: true,
+    cancelable: true,
+    clientX: rect.x + rect.width / 2,
+    clientY: rect.y + rect.height / 2,
+    dataTransfer,
+  };
+  const element = document.elementFromPoint(init.clientX!, init.clientY!)!;
+  element.dispatchEvent(new DragEvent("dragenter", init));
+  element.dispatchEvent(new DragEvent("dragover", init));
+  return {
+    // At the element under the point at drop time, as the browser does.
+    drop: () =>
+      document
+        .elementFromPoint(init.clientX!, init.clientY!)!
+        .dispatchEvent(new DragEvent("drop", init)),
+  };
+}
+
+function dropCursor() {
+  return document.querySelector('[class*="prosemirror-dropcursor"]');
+}
+
+/** The id of the block highlighted as the one a drop goes into. */
+function highlightedDropTarget() {
+  return (
+    root
+      .querySelector('[data-drop-target="true"] > .bn-block')
+      ?.getAttribute("data-id") ?? null
+  );
+}
+
 /** Puts the caret in the block and presses the keys. */
 async function press(
   keys: string,
@@ -271,7 +318,7 @@ describe.each(kinds)("$name", ({ toggle, newBlockTypeAfterClosedToggle }) => {
     });
 
     // Notion keeps the toggle open, showing its empty-toggle placeholder.
-    it.fails("stays open, as an empty toggle, when its last child is removed", async () => {
+    it("stays open, as an empty toggle, when its last child is removed", async () => {
       mount([toggle("t", "Title", [{ id: "c1", type: "paragraph" }])]);
       await open("t");
 
@@ -293,6 +340,23 @@ describe.each(kinds)("$name", ({ toggle, newBlockTypeAfterClosedToggle }) => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("layout", () => {
+    // The children span the frame below the title. When they fell into the
+    // chevron's grid column instead, they widened it and pushed the title far
+    // to the right.
+    it("keeps the title next to the chevron and the children below it", async () => {
+      mount(withChildren());
+      await open("t");
+
+      const frame = own("t", ".bn-toggle-frame")!.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const title = own("t", ".bn-inline-content")!.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const group = own("t", ".bn-block-group")!.getBoundingClientRect();
+      expect(title.left - frame.left).toBeLessThan(40);
+      expect(group.top).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(title.bottom - 1);
+      expect(group.left).toBeLessThanOrEqual(title.left);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("empty toggle", () => {
     it('shows an "Add block" button when open, which adds a child and puts the caret in it', async () => {
       mount([toggle("t", "Title")]);
@@ -521,7 +585,7 @@ describe.each(kinds)("$name", ({ toggle, newBlockTypeAfterClosedToggle }) => {
       expect(childrenAreVisible("t")).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it.fails("keeps a toggle open when its last child is moved out", async () => {
+    it("keeps a toggle open when its last child is moved out", async () => {
       mount([
         toggle("t", "Title", [{ id: "c1", type: "paragraph", content: "One" }]),
       ]);
@@ -578,6 +642,95 @@ describe.each(kinds)("$name", ({ toggle, newBlockTypeAfterClosedToggle }) => {
     });
   });
 
+  // A block dragged onto a toggle becomes its first child, as in Notion. For
+  // an empty toggle, this is the only way to drop a block into it (BLO-956).
+  describe("drop onto the toggle", () => {
+    it("onto the title: shows the place above the first child, and drops it there", async () => {
+      mount(withChildren());
+      await open("t");
+
+      const drag = dragBlockOver("after", own("t", ".bn-inline-content")!);
+
+      const cursor = dropCursor()!.getBoundingClientRect();
+      expect(
+        Math.abs(cursor.top - blockElement("c1").getBoundingClientRect().top),
+      ).toBeLessThan(6);
+      expect(highlightedDropTarget()).toBe("t");
+
+      drag.drop();
+
+      expect(editor.getBlock("t")!.children.map((child) => child.id)).toEqual([
+        "after",
+        "c1",
+        "c2",
+      ]);
+      await expect.poll(dropCursor).toBeNull();
+      expect(highlightedDropTarget()).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it("onto the chevron of a closed toggle: drops it as the first child, and opens the toggle", async () => {
+      mount(withChildren());
+
+      dragBlockOver("after", toggleButton("t")!).drop();
+
+      expect(editor.getBlock("t")!.children.map((child) => child.id)).toEqual([
+        "after",
+        "c1",
+        "c2",
+      ]);
+      expect(isOpen("t")).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("onto 'Add block' of an empty toggle: shows the place below the title, and drops it there (BLO-956)", async () => {
+      mount([
+        toggle("t", "Title"),
+        { id: "after", type: "paragraph", content: "After" },
+      ]);
+      await open("t");
+
+      const drag = dragBlockOver("after", addBlockButton("t")!);
+
+      const cursor = dropCursor()!.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const title = own("t", ".bn-block-content")!.getBoundingClientRect();
+      expect(Math.abs(cursor.top - title.bottom)).toBeLessThan(6);
+      expect(highlightedDropTarget()).toBe("t");
+
+      drag.drop();
+
+      expect(editor.getBlock("t")!.children.map((child) => child.id)).toEqual([
+        "after",
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it("drops it as usual when the toggle is removed during the drag", async () => {
+      mount(withChildren());
+      await open("t");
+
+      const drag = dragBlockOver("after", own("t", ".bn-inline-content")!);
+      expect(highlightedDropTarget()).toBe("t");
+      // E.g. a collaborator removes the toggle.
+      editor.removeBlocks(["t"]);
+      drag.drop();
+
+      expect(editor.getBlock("t")).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(editor.getBlock("after")).toBeDefined();
+      expect(highlightedDropTarget()).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it("onto a child: drops it between the children, as usual", async () => {
+      mount(withChildren());
+      await open("t");
+
+      const drag = dragBlockOver("after", own("c2", ".bn-inline-content")!);
+      expect(highlightedDropTarget()).toBeNull();
+      drag.drop();
+
+      const children = editor.getBlock("t")!.children.map((child) => child.id);
+      expect(children).toHaveLength(3);
+      expect(children[0]).toBe("c1");
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("indentation", () => {
     it("Shift-Tab moves a child out of the toggle", async () => {
       mount(withChildren());
diff --git a/packages/core/src/blocks/defaultBlockTypeItems.test.ts b/packages/core/src/blocks/defaultBlockTypeItems.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97a4f23c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/blocks/defaultBlockTypeItems.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/**
+ * @vitest-environment node
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+import type { BlockNoteEditor } from "../editor/BlockNoteEditor.js";
+import { BlockNoteSchema } from "./BlockNoteSchema.js";
+import { createHeadingBlockSpec } from "./Heading/block.js";
+import { defaultBlockSpecs } from "./defaultBlocks.js";
+import { getDefaultBlockTypeItems } from "./defaultBlockTypeItems.js";
+
+/** The items for a schema whose heading is `heading`. */
+function items(heading = createHeadingBlockSpec()) {
+  const schema = BlockNoteSchema.create({
+    blockSpecs: { ...defaultBlockSpecs, heading },
+  });
+  // Only the schema is read.
+  return getDefaultBlockTypeItems({ schema } as unknown as BlockNoteEditor);
+}
+
+describe("getDefaultBlockTypeItems", () => {
+  it("offers every default block type, in the block type select's order", () => {
+    expect(items().map((item) => item.key)).toEqual([
+      "paragraph",
+      "heading",
+      "heading_2",
+      "heading_3",
+      "heading_4",
+      "heading_5",
+      "heading_6",
+      "toggle_heading",
+      "toggle_heading_2",
+      "toggle_heading_3",
+      "quote",
+      "toggle_list",
+      "bullet_list",
+      "numbered_list",
+      "check_list",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("makes a regular heading turn a toggle heading into a regular one (BLO-959)", () => {
+    expect(items().find((item) => item.key === "heading_2")?.props).toEqual({
+      level: 2,
+      isToggleable: false,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("offers regular headings when toggle headings are disabled (BLO-1236)", () => {
+    const offered = items(
+      createHeadingBlockSpec({ allowToggleHeadings: false }),
+    );
+    expect(offered.filter((item) => item.type === "heading")).toEqual([
+      { key: "heading", type: "heading", props: { level: 1 } },
+      { key: "heading_2", type: "heading", props: { level: 2 } },
+      { key: "heading_3", type: "heading", props: { level: 3 } },
+      { key: "heading_4", type: "heading", props: { level: 4 } },
+      { key: "heading_5", type: "heading", props: { level: 5 } },
+      { key: "heading_6", type: "heading", props: { level: 6 } },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("offers only the configured heading levels (BLO-990)", () => {
+    expect(
+      items(createHeadingBlockSpec({ levels: [2, 4] }))
+        .filter((item) => item.type === "heading")
+        .map((item) => item.key),
+    ).toEqual(["heading_2", "heading_4", "toggle_heading_2"]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/blocks/defaultBlockTypeItems.ts b/packages/core/src/blocks/defaultBlockTypeItems.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d5e1b3996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/blocks/defaultBlockTypeItems.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import type { BlockNoteEditor } from "../editor/BlockNoteEditor.js";
+import { editorHasBlockWithType } from "./defaultBlockTypeGuards.js";
+
+const HEADING_KEYS = {
+  1: "heading",
+  2: "heading_2",
+  3: "heading_3",
+  4: "heading_4",
+  5: "heading_5",
+  6: "heading_6",
+} as const;
+
+const TOGGLE_HEADING_KEYS = {
+  1: "toggle_heading",
+  2: "toggle_heading_2",
+  3: "toggle_heading_3",
+} as const;
+
+/**
+ * A block type that the default menus (the slash menu and the block type
+ * select) offer, with the props that choosing it sets.
+ */
+export type DefaultBlockTypeItem = {
+  /** The item's key in `dictionary.slash_menu`, which both menus share. */
+  key:
+    | (typeof HEADING_KEYS)[keyof typeof HEADING_KEYS]
+    | (typeof TOGGLE_HEADING_KEYS)[keyof typeof TOGGLE_HEADING_KEYS]
+    | "paragraph"
+    | "quote"
+    | "toggle_list"
+    | "bullet_list"
+    | "numbered_list"
+    | "check_list";
+  type: string;
+  props?: Record<string, boolean | number | string>;
+};
+
+/**
+ * The block types that the editor's schema supports, out of the ones that the
+ * default menus offer: paragraph, headings, toggle headings, quote and lists.
+ * Each menu places them in its own order, by key; this list has the block type
+ * select's order.
+ *
+ * Headings are offered for the heading's configured `levels` (BLO-990).
+ * Toggle headings are offered only when the heading has `isToggleable`, and a
+ * regular heading then sets `isToggleable: false`, so that choosing it turns a
+ * toggle heading into a regular one (BLO-959, BLO-1236).
+ */
+export function getDefaultBlockTypeItems(
+  editor: BlockNoteEditor<any, any, any>,
+): DefaultBlockTypeItem[] {
+  const items: DefaultBlockTypeItem[] = [];
+
+  if (editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "paragraph")) {
+    items.push({ key: "paragraph", type: "paragraph" });
+  }
+
+  if (editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "heading", { level: "number" })) {
+    const levels = editor.schema.blockSchema.heading.propSchema.level.values;
+    const hasToggles = editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "heading", {
+      level: "number",
+      isToggleable: "boolean",
+    });
+    for (const level of [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] as const) {
+      if (levels?.includes(level)) {
+        items.push({
+          key: HEADING_KEYS[level],
+          type: "heading",
+          props: hasToggles ? { level, isToggleable: false } : { level },
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    if (hasToggles) {
+      for (const level of [1, 2, 3] as const) {
+        if (levels?.includes(level)) {
+          items.push({
+            key: TOGGLE_HEADING_KEYS[level],
+            type: "heading",
+            props: { level, isToggleable: true },
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const [key, type] of [
+    ["quote", "quote"],
+    ["toggle_list", "toggleListItem"],
+    ["bullet_list", "bulletListItem"],
+    ["numbered_list", "numberedListItem"],
+    ["check_list", "checkListItem"],
+  ] as const) {
+    if (editorHasBlockWithType(editor, type)) {
+      items.push({ key, type });
+    }
+  }
+
+  return items;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/blocks/index.ts b/packages/core/src/blocks/index.ts
index 2ba1252acc..72cfa6e7a5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/blocks/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/blocks/index.ts
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ export * from "./BlockNoteSchema.js";
 export * from "./defaultBlockHelpers.js";
 export * from "./defaultBlocks.js";
 export * from "./defaultBlockTypeGuards.js";
+export * from "./defaultBlockTypeItems.js";
 export * from "./defaultProps.js";
diff --git a/packages/core/src/editor/Block.css b/packages/core/src/editor/Block.css
index 7809ea8d5b..d12187f19a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/editor/Block.css
+++ b/packages/core/src/editor/Block.css
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ BASIC STYLES
 .ProseMirror-selectednode > .bn-block-content > *,
 /* Case for blocks/inline content where class is set manually */
 .bn-block-content .ProseMirror-selectednode,
-.bn-inline-content .ProseMirror-selectednode {
+.bn-inline-content .ProseMirror-selectednode,
+/* The block a dragged block drops into (set by the drop cursor) */
+.bn-block-outer[data-drop-target="true"] {
   /* Anchor for the `::after` highlight overlay below. */
   position: relative;
 }
@@ -35,7 +37,8 @@ BASIC STYLES
 .bn-block-content.ProseMirror-selectednode > *::after,
 .ProseMirror-selectednode > .bn-block-content > *::after,
 .bn-block-content .ProseMirror-selectednode::after,
-.bn-inline-content .ProseMirror-selectednode::after {
+.bn-inline-content .ProseMirror-selectednode::after,
+.bn-block-outer[data-drop-target="true"]::after {
   content: "";
   position: absolute;
   inset: 0;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/DropCursor/DropCursor.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/DropCursor/DropCursor.ts
index 77d24cc114..01017ca24a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/DropCursor/DropCursor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/DropCursor/DropCursor.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Plugin } from "prosemirror-state";
 import { dropPoint } from "prosemirror-transform";
 import type { EditorView } from "prosemirror-view";
 import {
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 } from "./utils.js";
 import type { BlockNoteEditor } from "../../editor/BlockNoteEditor.js";
 import { createExtension } from "../../editor/BlockNoteExtension.js";
+import { getDropIntoChildren } from "./dropIntoChildren.js";
 
 export const DRAG_EXCLUSION_CLASSNAME = "bn-drag-exclude";
 
@@ -64,6 +66,11 @@ export const DropCursorExtension = createExtension<
   let element: HTMLElement | null = null;
   let timeout = -1;
   let dragSourceElement: Element | null = null;
+  // The block the drop goes into, if any, as the cursor shows it. Its
+  // element is highlighted like a selected block.
+  let dropInto:
+    | { blockId: string; draggedBlocks: any[]; element: HTMLElement }
+    | undefined;
 
   const config = {
     width: options.dropCursor?.width ?? 5,
@@ -73,6 +80,14 @@ export const DropCursorExtension = createExtension<
   } as const;
 
   // Helper functions
+  const setDropInto = (into: typeof dropInto) => {
+    delete dropInto?.element.dataset.dropTarget;
+    dropInto = into;
+    if (dropInto) {
+      dropInto.element.dataset.dropTarget = "true";
+    }
+  };
+
   const setCursor = (pos: DropCursorPosition | null) => {
     if (
       pos?.pos === cursorPos?.pos &&
@@ -83,6 +98,7 @@ export const DropCursorExtension = createExtension<
     cursorPos = pos;
 
     if (pos == null) {
+      setDropInto(undefined);
       if (element && element.parentNode) {
         element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
       }
@@ -189,13 +205,17 @@ export const DropCursorExtension = createExtension<
         }
       }
 
-      // Compute default position
+      // Compute default position. A block dragged onto a block with
+      // `meta.dropsIntoChildren` goes to the start of its children.
       const $pos = view.state.doc.resolve(target);
       const isBlock = !$pos.parent.inlineContent;
-      const defaultPosition: DropCursorPosition = {
-        pos: target,
-        orientation: isBlock ? "block-horizontal" : "inline",
-      };
+      const intoChildren = getDropIntoChildren(editor, view, {
+        left: e.clientX,
+        top: e.clientY,
+      });
+      const defaultPosition: DropCursorPosition = intoChildren
+        ? { pos: intoChildren.pos, orientation: "block-horizontal" }
+        : { pos: target, orientation: isBlock ? "block-horizontal" : "inline" };
 
       // Allow hook to override position
       let finalPosition = defaultPosition;
@@ -215,6 +235,26 @@ export const DropCursorExtension = createExtension<
       }
 
       setCursor(finalPosition);
+      // The drop goes into the block while the cursor shows the place of its
+      // children. A hook may show another place instead (e.g. a new column).
+      if (
+        intoChildren &&
+        finalPosition.pos === intoChildren.pos &&
+        finalPosition.orientation === "block-horizontal"
+      ) {
+        const { block } = intoChildren.blockInfo;
+        const element = view.nodeDOM(block.beforePos);
+        if (!(element instanceof HTMLElement)) {
+          throw new Error("A block in the document must have an element");
+        }
+        setDropInto({
+          blockId: block.node.attrs.id,
+          draggedBlocks: intoChildren.draggedBlocks,
+          element,
+        });
+      } else {
+        setDropInto(undefined);
+      }
       scheduleRemoval(5000);
     }
   };
@@ -238,8 +278,49 @@ export const DropCursorExtension = createExtension<
     dragSourceElement = null;
   };
 
+  // Drops the blocks where the cursor shows them: as the first children of
+  // the block it goes into. Other drops are ProseMirror's.
+  const dropIntoChildrenPlugin = new Plugin({
+    props: {
+      handleDrop(_view, _event, _slice, moved) {
+        const into = dropInto;
+        // The drop ends the drag, and with it the highlight.
+        setDropInto(undefined);
+        // The block may be gone since the last `dragover`, e.g. removed by a
+        // collaborator. ProseMirror then drops the blocks as usual.
+        if (!into || !editor.getBlock(into.blockId)) {
+          return false;
+        }
+        const { blockId, draggedBlocks } = into;
+        editor.transact(() => {
+          if (moved) {
+            // A drag from another editor leaves its blocks there.
+            editor.removeBlocks(
+              draggedBlocks.filter((block) => editor.getBlock(block.id)),
+            );
+          }
+          // The dragged blocks never contain the target (see
+          // `getDropIntoChildren`), so removing them keeps it.
+          const target = editor.getBlock(blockId);
+          if (!target) {
+            throw new Error(
+              "The drop target was removed with the dragged blocks",
+            );
+          }
+          if (target.children.length > 0) {
+            editor.insertBlocks(draggedBlocks, target.children[0], "before");
+          } else {
+            editor.updateBlock(target, { children: draggedBlocks });
+          }
+        });
+        return true;
+      },
+    },
+  });
+
   return {
     key: "dropCursor",
+    prosemirrorPlugins: [dropIntoChildrenPlugin],
     mount({ signal, dom, root }) {
       // Track drag source at document level
       root.addEventListener("dragstart", onDragStart, {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/DropCursor/dropIntoChildren.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/DropCursor/dropIntoChildren.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..453c704c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/DropCursor/dropIntoChildren.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import type { EditorView } from "prosemirror-view";
+
+import { fragmentToBlocks } from "../../api/nodeConversions/fragmentToBlocks.js";
+import { nodeToBlock } from "../../api/nodeConversions/nodeToBlock.js";
+import { getBlockInfoFromNode } from "../../api/getBlockInfoFromPos.js";
+import type { BlockNoteEditor } from "../../editor/BlockNoteEditor.js";
+
+/**
+ * Where a block drag at `coords` drops, when it is over the content or frame
+ * chrome of a block with `meta.dropsIntoChildren`: the start of that block's
+ * children, or its end when it has no children yet.
+ *
+ * @returns `undefined` when the drop goes before or after a block, as usual:
+ * for a text drag, over a block's children, over a block without the
+ * setting, or over one of the dragged blocks.
+ */
+export function getDropIntoChildren(
+  editor: BlockNoteEditor<any, any, any>,
+  view: EditorView,
+  coords: { left: number; top: number },
+) {
+  const slice = view.dragging?.slice;
+  // A block drag holds complete blocks (see `SideMenu.onDragStart`).
+  if (!slice || slice.openStart > 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const draggedBlocks = fragmentToBlocks<any, any, any>(slice.content);
+  const pos = view.posAtCoords(coords);
+  if (draggedBlocks.length === 0 || !pos || pos.inside < 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  // The innermost block around the pointer. Over its children group (e.g. a
+  // gap between two children), the drop goes between them.
+  const $inside = view.state.doc.resolve(pos.inside + 1);
+  let depth = $inside.depth;
+  while (depth > 0 && !$inside.node(depth).type.isInGroup("bnBlock")) {
+    if ($inside.node(depth).type.name === "blockGroup") {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    depth--;
+  }
+  if (depth === 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const blockInfo = getBlockInfoFromNode(
+    $inside.node(depth),
+    $inside.before(depth),
+  );
+  if (!blockInfo.hasContent) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  const dropsIntoChildren = editor.schema.blockSpecs[
+    blockInfo.blockNoteType
+  ]?.implementation.meta?.dropsIntoChildren?.(
+    nodeToBlock(blockInfo.block.node, view.state.doc),
+  );
+  if (!dropsIntoChildren) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  // A block can't be dropped into itself or into one of its descendants.
+  const targetId = blockInfo.block.node.attrs.id;
+  const containsTarget = (block: {
+    id: string;
+    children: { id: string; children: any[] }[];
+  }): boolean => block.id === targetId || block.children.some(containsTarget);
+  if (draggedBlocks.some(containsTarget)) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    blockInfo,
+    draggedBlocks,
+    pos: blockInfo.children
+      ? blockInfo.children.childrenStart
+      : blockInfo.block.afterPos - 1,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/SuggestionMenu/getDefaultSlashMenuItems.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/SuggestionMenu/getDefaultSlashMenuItems.ts
index 6c0682f012..30497bb8de 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/SuggestionMenu/getDefaultSlashMenuItems.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/SuggestionMenu/getDefaultSlashMenuItems.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { Block, PartialBlock } from "../../blocks/defaultBlocks.js";
 import { editorHasBlockWithType } from "../../blocks/defaultBlockTypeGuards.js";
+import {
+  type DefaultBlockTypeItem,
+  getDefaultBlockTypeItems,
+} from "../../blocks/defaultBlockTypeItems.js";
 import type { BlockNoteEditor } from "../../editor/BlockNoteEditor.js";
 import {
   BlockSchema,
@@ -92,21 +96,6 @@ export function insertOrUpdateBlockForSlashMenu<
   return newBlock;
 }
 
-// A regular heading's props. With toggle headings in the schema, this sets
-// `isToggleable: false`, so that updating a toggle heading turns it into a
-// regular heading (BLO-959).
-function regularHeadingProps(
-  editor: BlockNoteEditor<any, any, any>,
-  level: number,
-) {
-  return editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "heading", {
-    level: "number",
-    isToggleable: "boolean",
-  })
-    ? { level, isToggleable: false }
-    : { level };
-}
-
 export function getDefaultSlashMenuItems<
   BSchema extends BlockSchema,
   I extends InlineContentSchema,
@@ -114,103 +103,39 @@ export function getDefaultSlashMenuItems<
 >(editor: BlockNoteEditor<BSchema, I, S>) {
   const items: DefaultSuggestionItem[] = [];
 
-  if (editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "heading", { level: "number" })) {
-    (editor.schema.blockSchema.heading.propSchema.level.values || [])
-      .filter((level): level is 1 | 2 | 3 => level <= 3)
-      .forEach((level) => {
-        items.push({
-          onItemClick: () => {
-            insertOrUpdateBlockForSlashMenu(editor, {
-              type: "heading",
-              props: regularHeadingProps(editor, level),
-            });
-          },
-          badge: formatKeyboardShortcut(`Mod-Alt-${level}`),
-          key:
-            level === 1 ? ("heading" as const) : (`heading_${level}` as const),
-          ...editor.dictionary.slash_menu[
-            level === 1 ? ("heading" as const) : (`heading_${level}` as const)
-          ],
-        });
-      });
-  }
-
-  if (editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "quote")) {
-    items.push({
-      onItemClick: () => {
-        insertOrUpdateBlockForSlashMenu(editor, {
-          type: "quote",
-        });
-      },
-      key: "quote",
-      ...editor.dictionary.slash_menu.quote,
-    });
-  }
-
-  if (editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "toggleListItem")) {
-    items.push({
-      onItemClick: () => {
-        insertOrUpdateBlockForSlashMenu(editor, {
-          type: "toggleListItem",
-        });
-      },
-      badge: formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Shift-6"),
-      key: "toggle_list",
-      ...editor.dictionary.slash_menu.toggle_list,
-    });
-  }
-
-  if (editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "numberedListItem")) {
-    items.push({
-      onItemClick: () => {
-        insertOrUpdateBlockForSlashMenu(editor, {
-          type: "numberedListItem",
-        });
-      },
-      badge: formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Shift-7"),
-      key: "numbered_list",
-      ...editor.dictionary.slash_menu.numbered_list,
-    });
-  }
-
-  if (editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "bulletListItem")) {
+  // The block types come from `getDefaultBlockTypeItems`, which the block
+  // type select also uses. The slash menu places them in its own order.
+  const blockTypes = new Map(
+    getDefaultBlockTypeItems(editor).map((item) => [item.key, item]),
+  );
+  function pushBlockType(key: DefaultBlockTypeItem["key"], badge?: string) {
+    const blockType = blockTypes.get(key);
+    if (!blockType) {
+      return;
+    }
     items.push({
       onItemClick: () => {
+        // The schema supports the block type (see `getDefaultBlockTypeItems`).
         insertOrUpdateBlockForSlashMenu(editor, {
-          type: "bulletListItem",
-        });
+          type: blockType.type,
+          props: blockType.props,
+        } as PartialBlock<BSchema, I, S>);
       },
-      badge: formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Shift-8"),
-      key: "bullet_list",
-      ...editor.dictionary.slash_menu.bullet_list,
+      badge,
+      key,
+      ...editor.dictionary.slash_menu[key],
     });
   }
 
-  if (editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "checkListItem")) {
-    items.push({
-      onItemClick: () => {
-        insertOrUpdateBlockForSlashMenu(editor, {
-          type: "checkListItem",
-        });
-      },
-      badge: formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Shift-9"),
-      key: "check_list",
-      ...editor.dictionary.slash_menu.check_list,
-    });
-  }
-
-  if (editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "paragraph")) {
-    items.push({
-      onItemClick: () => {
-        insertOrUpdateBlockForSlashMenu(editor, {
-          type: "paragraph",
-        });
-      },
-      badge: formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Alt-0"),
-      key: "paragraph",
-      ...editor.dictionary.slash_menu.paragraph,
-    });
-  }
+  pushBlockType("heading", formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Alt-1"));
+  pushBlockType("heading_2", formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Alt-2"));
+  pushBlockType("heading_3", formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Alt-3"));
+  pushBlockType("quote");
+  pushBlockType("toggle_list", formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Shift-6"));
+  pushBlockType("numbered_list", formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Shift-7"));
+  pushBlockType("bullet_list", formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Shift-8"));
+  pushBlockType("check_list", formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Shift-9"));
+  pushBlockType("paragraph", formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Alt-0"));
 
   if (editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "codeBlock")) {
     items.push({
@@ -339,52 +264,12 @@ export function getDefaultSlashMenuItems<
     });
   }
 
-  if (
-    editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "heading", {
-      level: "number",
-      isToggleable: "boolean",
-    })
-  ) {
-    (editor.schema.blockSchema.heading.propSchema.level.values || [])
-      .filter((level): level is 1 | 2 | 3 => level <= 3)
-      .forEach((level) => {
-        items.push({
-          onItemClick: () => {
-            insertOrUpdateBlockForSlashMenu(editor, {
-              type: "heading",
-              props: { level: level, isToggleable: true },
-            });
-          },
-          key:
-            level === 1
-              ? ("toggle_heading" as const)
-              : (`toggle_heading_${level}` as const),
-          ...editor.dictionary.slash_menu[
-            level === 1
-              ? ("toggle_heading" as const)
-              : (`toggle_heading_${level}` as const)
-          ],
-        });
-      });
-  }
-
-  if (editorHasBlockWithType(editor, "heading", { level: "number" })) {
-    (editor.schema.blockSchema.heading.propSchema.level.values || [])
-      .filter((level): level is 4 | 5 | 6 => level > 3)
-      .forEach((level) => {
-        items.push({
-          onItemClick: () => {
-            insertOrUpdateBlockForSlashMenu(editor, {
-              type: "heading",
-              props: regularHeadingProps(editor, level),
-            });
-          },
-          badge: formatKeyboardShortcut(`Mod-Alt-${level}`),
-          key: `heading_${level}`,
-          ...editor.dictionary.slash_menu[`heading_${level}`],
-        });
-      });
-  }
+  pushBlockType("toggle_heading");
+  pushBlockType("toggle_heading_2");
+  pushBlockType("toggle_heading_3");
+  pushBlockType("heading_4", formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Alt-4"));
+  pushBlockType("heading_5", formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Alt-5"));
+  pushBlockType("heading_6", formatKeyboardShortcut("Mod-Alt-6"));
 
   items.push({
     onItemClick: () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.ts b/packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.ts
index cafc675fd7..0fb1258e18 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import { ignoreFrameChromeMutations } from "../schema/nodeViewMutations.js";
 import { mergeCSSClasses } from "../util/browser.js";
 import { suggestionMarks } from "./suggestionMarks.js";
 
+const dropEvents = new Set(["dragenter", "dragover", "dragleave", "drop"]);
+
 /** Adapts vanilla frames to the same lifecycle as framework node views. */
 function createFrameView(
   props: NodeViewRendererProps,
@@ -206,11 +208,14 @@ export const BlockContainer = Node.create<{
         },
         stopEvent(event) {
           // Author chrome handles its own events; the slot remains editable.
+          // Drag-and-drop events still go to ProseMirror, so a block dropped
+          // on the chrome drops where the drop cursor shows it.
           const target = event.target;
           return (
             (target instanceof globalThis.Node &&
               frameView.dom.contains(target) &&
-              !nodeView.contentDOM?.contains(target)) ||
+              !nodeView.contentDOM?.contains(target) &&
+              !dropEvents.has(event.type)) ||
             (frameView.stopEvent?.(event) ?? false)
           );
         },
diff --git a/packages/core/src/schema/blocks/types.ts b/packages/core/src/schema/blocks/types.ts
index ba0c304956..d69bd6ab17 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/schema/blocks/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/schema/blocks/types.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ export interface BlockConfigMeta<
    */
   draggable?: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Whether a block dragged onto this block's content or frame chrome becomes
+   * its first child (as in Notion's toggles), instead of going before or after
+   * it. A block dragged onto its children still goes between them.
+   * @default false
+   */
+  dropsIntoChildren?(block: { type: TName; props: Props<TProps> }): boolean;
+
   /**
    * Enables syntax highlighting of the contents of the block with the result of this callback
    */
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/FormattingToolbar/DefaultSelects/BlockTypeSelect.test.ts b/packages/react/src/components/FormattingToolbar/DefaultSelects/BlockTypeSelect.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7b2071eae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/FormattingToolbar/DefaultSelects/BlockTypeSelect.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/**
+ * @vitest-environment node
+ */
+import {
+  type BlockNoteEditor,
+  BlockNoteSchema,
+  createHeadingBlockSpec,
+  defaultBlockSpecs,
+} from "@blocknote/core";
+import { en } from "@blocknote/core/locales";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+import { blockTypeSelectItems } from "./BlockTypeSelect.js";
+
+function schemaWith(heading = createHeadingBlockSpec()) {
+  return BlockNoteSchema.create({
+    blockSpecs: { ...defaultBlockSpecs, heading },
+  });
+}
+
+describe("blockTypeSelectItems", () => {
+  it("lists the default items in the same order as before", () => {
+    // Only the schema and the dictionary are read.
+    const editor = {
+      schema: schemaWith(),
+      dictionary: en,
+    } as unknown as BlockNoteEditor<any, any, any>;
+    expect(blockTypeSelectItems(editor).map((item) => item.name)).toEqual([
+      "Paragraph",
+      "Heading 1",
+      "Heading 2",
+      "Heading 3",
+      "Heading 4",
+      "Heading 5",
+      "Heading 6",
+      "Toggle Heading 1",
+      "Toggle Heading 2",
+      "Toggle Heading 3",
+      "Quote",
+      "Toggle List",
+      "Bullet List",
+      "Numbered List",
+      "Check List",
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/FormattingToolbar/DefaultSelects/BlockTypeSelect.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/FormattingToolbar/DefaultSelects/BlockTypeSelect.tsx
index ba66847b02..0faa196988 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/FormattingToolbar/DefaultSelects/BlockTypeSelect.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/FormattingToolbar/DefaultSelects/BlockTypeSelect.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import {
+  BlockNoteEditor,
   BlockSchema,
-  Dictionary,
+  DefaultBlockTypeItem,
   editorHasBlockWithType,
+  getDefaultBlockTypeItems,
   InlineContentSchema,
   StyleSchema,
 } from "@blocknote/core";
@@ -38,94 +40,37 @@ export type BlockTypeSelectItem = {
   icon: IconType;
 };
 
+const icons: Record<DefaultBlockTypeItem["key"], IconType> = {
+  paragraph: RiText,
+  heading: RiH1,
+  heading_2: RiH2,
+  heading_3: RiH3,
+  heading_4: RiH4,
+  heading_5: RiH5,
+  heading_6: RiH6,
+  toggle_heading: RiH1,
+  toggle_heading_2: RiH2,
+  toggle_heading_3: RiH3,
+  quote: RiQuoteText,
+  toggle_list: RiPlayList2Fill,
+  bullet_list: RiListUnordered,
+  numbered_list: RiListOrdered,
+  check_list: RiListCheck3,
+};
+
+/**
+ * The default block type select items: the block types of the editor's schema
+ * that the default menus offer (see `getDefaultBlockTypeItems`).
+ */
 export const blockTypeSelectItems = (
-  dict: Dictionary,
-): BlockTypeSelectItem[] => [
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.paragraph.title,
-    type: "paragraph",
-    icon: RiText,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.heading.title,
-    type: "heading",
-    props: { level: 1, isToggleable: false },
-    icon: RiH1,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.heading_2.title,
-    type: "heading",
-    props: { level: 2, isToggleable: false },
-    icon: RiH2,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.heading_3.title,
-    type: "heading",
-    props: { level: 3, isToggleable: false },
-    icon: RiH3,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.heading_4.title,
-    type: "heading",
-    props: { level: 4, isToggleable: false },
-    icon: RiH4,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.heading_5.title,
-    type: "heading",
-    props: { level: 5, isToggleable: false },
-    icon: RiH5,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.heading_6.title,
-    type: "heading",
-    props: { level: 6, isToggleable: false },
-    icon: RiH6,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.toggle_heading.title,
-    type: "heading",
-    props: { level: 1, isToggleable: true },
-    icon: RiH1,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.toggle_heading_2.title,
-    type: "heading",
-    props: { level: 2, isToggleable: true },
-    icon: RiH2,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.toggle_heading_3.title,
-    type: "heading",
-    props: { level: 3, isToggleable: true },
-    icon: RiH3,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.quote.title,
-    type: "quote",
-    icon: RiQuoteText,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.toggle_list.title,
-    type: "toggleListItem",
-    icon: RiPlayList2Fill,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.bullet_list.title,
-    type: "bulletListItem",
-    icon: RiListUnordered,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.numbered_list.title,
-    type: "numberedListItem",
-    icon: RiListOrdered,
-  },
-  {
-    name: dict.slash_menu.check_list.title,
-    type: "checkListItem",
-    icon: RiListCheck3,
-  },
-];
+  editor: BlockNoteEditor<any, any, any>,
+): BlockTypeSelectItem[] =>
+  getDefaultBlockTypeItems(editor).map(({ key, type, props }) => ({
+    name: editor.dictionary.slash_menu[key].title,
+    type,
+    props,
+    icon: icons[key],
+  }));
 
 export const BlockTypeSelect = (props: { items?: BlockTypeSelectItem[] }) => {
   const Components = useComponentsContext()!;
@@ -149,7 +94,7 @@ export const BlockTypeSelect = (props: { items?: BlockTypeSelectItem[] }) => {
   // the schema.
   const filteredItems = useMemo(
     () =>
-      (props.items || blockTypeSelectItems(editor.dictionary)).filter((item) =>
+      (props.items || blockTypeSelectItems(editor)).filter((item) =>
         editorHasBlockWithType(
           editor,
           item.type,
diff --git a/tests/src/end-to-end/toggleblocks/toggleblocks.test.tsx b/tests/src/end-to-end/toggleblocks/toggleblocks.test.tsx
index 79531ae543..bc2ac6e0ad 100644
--- a/tests/src/end-to-end/toggleblocks/toggleblocks.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/src/end-to-end/toggleblocks/toggleblocks.test.tsx
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test } from "vite-plus/test";
 import { render } from "vitest-browser-react";
 import {
   DRAG_HANDLE_ADD_SELECTOR,
+  DRAG_HANDLE_SELECTOR,
   EDITOR_SELECTOR,
 } from "../../utils/const.js";
 import { browserName, page, userEvent } from "../../utils/context.js";
-import { waitForSelector } from "../../utils/editor.js";
+import { sleep, waitForSelector } from "../../utils/editor.js";
 import {
-  dragAndDropBlock,
   getRect,
   mouseSequence,
   moveMouseOverElement,
@@ -94,38 +94,94 @@ async function openToggle() {
   await userEvent.click(button);
 }
 
+const DROP_CURSOR_SELECTOR = '[class*="prosemirror-dropcursor"]';
+
+/** An element of the toggle itself, not of a toggle nested in it. */
+async function ownElement(selector: string) {
+  const block = await waitForSelector(`.bn-block[data-id="t"]`);
+  const element = [...block.querySelectorAll(selector)].find(
+    (candidate) => candidate.closest(".bn-block") === block,
+  );
+  if (!element) {
+    throw new Error(`The toggle has no ${selector}`);
+  }
+  return element;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Drags block `drag` by its handle to the center of `target`, and holds it
+ * there. `mouseSequence([{ type: "up" }])` drops it.
+ */
+async function dragOnto(target: Element) {
+  // Not `getByText`: a previous drag leaves its drag image, a copy of the
+  // dragged block, in the document.
+  await moveMouseOverElement(
+    await waitForSelector(`.bn-block[data-id="drag"] .bn-inline-content`),
+  );
+  const handle = getRect(await waitForSelector(DRAG_HANDLE_SELECTOR));
+  const rect = getRect(target);
+  // The pauses let the browser start the drag, as in `dragAndDropBlock`.
+  await mouseSequence([
+    {
+      type: "move",
+      x: handle.x + handle.width / 2,
+      y: handle.y + handle.height / 2,
+      steps: 5,
+    },
+  ]);
+  await sleep(100);
+  await mouseSequence([{ type: "down" }]);
+  await sleep(100);
+  await mouseSequence([
+    {
+      type: "move",
+      x: rect.x + rect.width / 2,
+      y: rect.y + rect.height / 2,
+      steps: 5,
+    },
+  ]);
+}
+
+async function dropCursorTop() {
+  return getRect(await waitForSelector(DROP_CURSOR_SELECTOR)).top;
+}
+
 describe.each(kinds)("$name", ({ toggle }) => {
-  // BLO-956: an empty toggle has no place to drop a block into. The only way
-  // to fill it is to click "Add block" first.
-  test
-    .skipIf(browserName === "firefox")
-    .fails(
-      "accepts a block dropped into it while it is open and empty (BLO-956)",
-      async () => {
-        await render(
-          <ToggleApp
-            content={[
-              toggle(),
-              { id: "drag", type: "paragraph", content: "Drag me" },
-            ]}
-          />,
-        );
-        await waitForSelector(EDITOR_SELECTOR);
-        await openToggle();
-
-        await dragAndDropBlock(
-          page.getByText("Drag me").element(),
-          await waitForSelector(
-            `.bn-block[data-id="t"] .bn-toggle-add-block-button`,
-          ),
-          true,
-        );
-
-        expect(editor.getBlock("t")!.children.map((child) => child.id)).toEqual(
-          ["drag"],
-        );
-      },
-    );
+  // BLO-956: the only way to drop a block into an empty toggle is onto the
+  // toggle itself, e.g. its "Add block" button. This test uses a real mouse
+  // drag, which Playwright only emulates reliably in Chromium. All drop
+  // targets are tested in every browser in `toggleBlocks.browser.test.ts`,
+  // with synthetic drag events.
+  describe.skipIf(browserName !== "chromium")("drop onto the toggle", () => {
+    test("onto 'Add block', into the empty toggle (BLO-956)", async () => {
+      await render(
+        <ToggleApp
+          content={[
+            toggle(),
+            { id: "drag", type: "paragraph", content: "Drag me" },
+          ]}
+        />,
+      );
+      await waitForSelector(EDITOR_SELECTOR);
+      await openToggle();
+
+      await dragOnto(await ownElement(".bn-toggle-add-block-button"));
+      // The drop cursor shows the place of the children: below the title.
+      const title = getRect(await ownElement(".bn-block-content"));
+      await expect.poll(dropCursorTop).toBeGreaterThan(title.bottom - 6);
+      expect(await dropCursorTop()).toBeLessThan(title.bottom + 6);
+
+      await mouseSequence([{ type: "up" }]);
+
+      // The drop cursor does not stay after the drop.
+      await expect
+        .poll(() => document.querySelector(DROP_CURSOR_SELECTOR))
+        .toBeNull();
+      expect(editor.getBlock("t")!.children.map((child) => child.id)).toEqual([
+        "drag",
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
 
   // BLO-1030: the side menu of a block in the left column of a column list
   // inside a toggle was reported to disappear when the mouse moves onto it.
diff --git a/tests/src/unit/core/schema/__snapshots__/blocks.json b/tests/src/unit/core/schema/__snapshots__/blocks.json
index 2f68ea16fa..4804f7b7a8 100644
--- a/tests/src/unit/core/schema/__snapshots__/blocks.json
+++ b/tests/src/unit/core/schema/__snapshots__/blocks.json
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@
     "implementation": {
       "keyboard": [Function],
       "meta": {
+        "dropsIntoChildren": [Function],
         "isolating": false,
       },
       "node": null,
@@ -626,6 +627,7 @@
     "implementation": {
       "keyboard": [Function],
       "meta": {
+        "dropsIntoChildren": [Function],
         "isolating": false,
       },
       "node": null,