Drag and drop from browser not working correctly?

I haven’t used udk in a while, from what i recall, i could select an object in my browser, then drag and drop that into my view port and it would drop onto the mesh under my mouse. if i have surface snapping on right?

when i drag and drop something in this 4.18.3 install i dont get that type of workflow. instead i’ll drag and drop an object and no matter what, the object lands far off in space? i also remember being able to press S+LMB to drop and item from browser right? instead S+LMB moves the camera around??? neither of these things are working how i remember them. can someone please shed some light onto this issue?