diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 38fbca3ec..01fcede1f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "marked": "^4.2.12",
     "mousetrap": "^1.6.5",
     "raphael": "^2.3.0",
+    "sortablejs": "^1.15.2",
     "underscore": "^1.13.4"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/css/figure.css b/src/css/figure.css
index 9ae08c934..9adaf4216 100644
--- a/src/css/figure.css
+++ b/src/css/figure.css
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     /* copied these from previous figure (Bootstrap 3.0.0) */
     .btn-default {
         /* only used for default buttons. Overridden for other buttons */
-        /* .btn-default class is still on lots of buttons (legacy from bootstrap 3.0.0) 
+        /* .btn-default class is still on lots of buttons (legacy from bootstrap 3.0.0)
          but now has no effect */
         --bs-btn-border-color: #cccccc;;
     }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     }
 
     .pixelated {
-        /* Try to show images in their original pixelated form Although 'pixelated' isn't 
+        /* Try to show images in their original pixelated form Although 'pixelated' isn't
         supported yet: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/image-rendering
         Code from http://phrogz.net/tmp/canvas_image_zoom.html */
         image-rendering:optimizeSpeed;             /* Legal fallback */
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@
           /*Edge starts the margin from the thumb, not the track as other browsers do*/
         }
       }
-    
+
     #vp_z_slider input[type="range"], #vp_t_slider input[type="range"] {
         background-color: #bbbbbb;
         margin: 0;
@@ -1320,3 +1320,7 @@
     #openFigureModal a {
         text-decoration: none;
     }
+
+    .form-inline{
+        cursor: move;
+    }
diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
index 026b07fd8..53472b8fe 100644
--- a/src/index.html
+++ b/src/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
     <title>OMERO.figure</title>
-
     <script>
       // For dev, use this server to load/save figures (needs CORS enabled)
       const dev_omeroweb_url = "http://localhost:4080/";
@@ -876,13 +875,13 @@ <h5 class="modal-title">Label Formatting</h5>
             <h4>Markdown formatting</h4>
             <p>
               You can use "Markdown" syntax to add formatting to plain text. For
-              example, **this text will be bold** and this *word* will be italic. 
+              example, **this text will be bold** and this *word* will be italic.
             </p>
             <p>
                 NB: Links are not supported for panel labels.
             </p>
             <p>
-                NB: You can escape a certain character to not be interpreted as Markdown by adding \ in front of the 
+                NB: You can escape a certain character to not be interpreted as Markdown by adding \ in front of the
                 character. Ex: "my_string_" is interpreted as "my<i>string</i>" but "my\_string\_" is now interpreted as "my_string_"
             </p>
 
@@ -1155,7 +1154,7 @@ <h5 class="modal-title">Labels from Key-Value Pairs</h5>
           </div>
           <form class="labelsFromMapAnnsForm" role="form">
             <div class="modal-body">
-              <div>                                                    
+              <div>
                 <input type="radio" id="all-keys" name="kvpChoice" value="all-keys" />
                 <label for="all-keys">All Keys </label>
 
@@ -1823,7 +1822,7 @@ <h5>Example Label</h5>
             <div class="row">
               <div class="col-2 no-padding" id="channelToggle"></div>
               <div class="col-10 no-padding" id="viewportContainer">
-                
+
               </div>
             </div>
             <div class="clearfix" style="padding-bottom: 13px"></div>
diff --git a/src/js/views/right_panel_view.js b/src/js/views/right_panel_view.js
index 0192caef0..0ef199823 100644
--- a/src/js/views/right_panel_view.js
+++ b/src/js/views/right_panel_view.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     import Backbone from "backbone";
     import _ from "underscore";
     import $ from "jquery";
+    import Sortable from 'sortablejs';
 
     import {figureConfirmDialog, showModal, rotatePoint} from "./util";
     import FigureColorPicker from "../views/colorpicker";
@@ -453,7 +454,7 @@
                 $("#selected_panels_labels").empty().append(this.sel_labels_panel.$el);
             }
             if (old) {
-                old.remove();
+                old.clear().remove();
             }
 
             // show scalebar form for selected panels
@@ -548,6 +549,90 @@
             return false;
         },
 
+        initialize_sortable: function() {
+            var self = this;
+            var containers = self.$el.find('.labels-container');
+
+            // Check if there are any elements
+            if (containers.length === 0) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Destroy existing Sortable instances if any
+            if (self.sortables) {
+                self.sortables.forEach(function(sortable) {
+                    sortable.destroy();
+                });
+            }
+            self.sortables = [];
+
+            // Initialize Sortable for each container
+            containers.each(function(index, el) {
+                var sortable = new Sortable(el, {
+                    animation: 150,
+                    fallbackOnBody: true,
+                    onMove: function(evt) {
+                        // Allow dragging outside the container
+                        return evt.related === null || evt.related !== evt.from;
+                    },
+                    onEnd: function(evt) {
+                        self.handle_sort(evt);
+                    }
+                });
+
+                // Store the sortable instance
+                self.sortables.push(sortable);
+            });
+        },
+
+        clear: function() {
+            // clean up the sortable
+            if (this.sortables) {
+                this.sortables.forEach(function(sortable) {
+                    sortable.destroy();
+                });
+            }
+            this.sortables = [];
+            return this;
+        },
+
+        handle_sort: function(evt) {
+            var container = evt.srcElement; // Get the object that triggered the event   
+
+            // Extract label keys in the new order of that position set
+            var forms = container.querySelectorAll('.edit-label-form');
+            var reordered_keys = Array.from(forms).map(form => form.getAttribute('data-key'));
+            var position = reordered_keys[0].split("_").pop();
+
+            // Update the order of labels in each panel
+            this.models.forEach(function(panelModel) {
+                var labels = panelModel.get('labels');
+                var labels_dict = {};  // Labels for the current position set
+                var leftover_labels = [];  // The labels at other positions
+                for (let i = 0; i < labels.length; i++) {
+                    // Generate a list of labels matching reordered_keys format
+                    var l = labels[i];
+                    if (l["position"] == position) {
+                        var key = [l["text"], l["size"], l["color"], l["position"]].join("_");
+                        labels_dict[key] = l;
+                    } else {
+                        leftover_labels.push(l);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                var reordered_labels = [];
+                for (let i = 0; i < reordered_keys.length; i++) {
+                    // For each key in result after sorting, check if exist for the panel
+                    if(reordered_keys[i] in labels_dict) {
+                        reordered_labels.push(labels_dict[reordered_keys[i]]);
+                        delete labels_dict[reordered_keys[i]];
+                    }
+                }
+                reordered_labels.push(...leftover_labels);
+                panelModel.set('labels', reordered_labels);
+            });
+        },
+
         render: function() {
 
             var self = this,
@@ -581,7 +666,7 @@
                 html += self.template(json);
             });
             self.$el.append(html);
-
+            this.initialize_sortable();
             return this;
         }
     });
@@ -637,7 +722,6 @@
                 });
 
             this.$vp_zoom_value = $("#vp_zoom_value");
-            
 
             // We nest the ZoomView so we can update it on update_img_css
             this.zmView = new ZoomView({models: this.models,
@@ -701,7 +785,7 @@
                 return;     // Ignore keyups except 'Enter'
             }
 
-            // get the current entered value 
+            // get the current entered value
             var value = parseInt(event.target.value);
             if (isNaN(value)) {
                 return;
diff --git a/src/templates/labels_form.template.html b/src/templates/labels_form.template.html
index 410dc9e21..ec719af18 100644
--- a/src/templates/labels_form.template.html
+++ b/src/templates/labels_form.template.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-        <div class="">
+        <div class="labels-container">
 
             <% _.each(labels, function(l, i) { %>