Issue #2995689 by tedbow, bnjmnm, lauriii, bendeguz.csirmaz, andrewmacpherson,...

Issue #2995689 by tedbow, bnjmnm, lauriii, bendeguz.csirmaz, andrewmacpherson, xjm, tim.plunkett, KarenS, alwaysworking: Allow reordering blocks without a pointer device

(cherry picked from commit a73bf047)