diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5422d2386050f..95980d9b1c0fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
     "commander": "2.8.1",
     "css-loader": "0.17.0",
     "d3": "3.5.6",
+    "dragula": "3.7.0",
     "elasticsearch": "10.1.2",
     "elasticsearch-browser": "10.1.2",
     "expiry-js": "0.1.7",
diff --git a/src/plugins/dev_mode/public/vis_debug_spy_panel.js b/src/plugins/dev_mode/public/vis_debug_spy_panel.js
index d691a806de038..05ce703ab2de6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dev_mode/public/vis_debug_spy_panel.js
+++ b/src/plugins/dev_mode/public/vis_debug_spy_panel.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function VisDetailsSpyProvider(Notifier, $filter, $rootScope, config) {
     template: visDebugSpyPanelTemplate,
     order: 5,
     link: function ($scope, $el) {
-      $scope.$watch('vis.getState() | json', function (json) {
+      $scope.$watch('vis.getEnabledState() | json', function (json) {
         $scope.visStateJson = json;
       });
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/controllers/discover.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/controllers/discover.js
index 1743e75c8bcf8..a8c0a01ef37bf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/controllers/discover.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/controllers/discover.js
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ app.controller('discover', function ($scope, config, courier, $route, $window, N
 
     // we have a vis, just modify the aggs
     if ($scope.vis) {
-      const visState = $scope.vis.getState();
+      const visState = $scope.vis.getEnabledState();
       visState.aggs = visStateAggs;
 
       $scope.vis.setState(visState);
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/styles/main.less b/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/styles/main.less
index 451dd5e9a4bc2..beddd122eed35 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/styles/main.less
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/settings/styles/main.less
@@ -201,3 +201,5 @@ kbn-settings-indices {
 .kbn-settings-indices-create {
   .time-and-pattern > div {}
 }
+
+@import "~ui/dragula/gu-dragula.less";
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/__tests__/draggable.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/__tests__/draggable.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d8673d30a42e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/__tests__/draggable.js
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+import angular from 'angular';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+import expect from 'expect.js';
+import ngMock from 'ng_mock';
+
+let init;
+let $rootScope;
+let $compile;
+
+describe('draggable_* directives', function () {
+
+  beforeEach(ngMock.module('kibana'));
+  beforeEach(ngMock.inject(function ($injector) {
+    $rootScope = $injector.get('$rootScope');
+    $compile = $injector.get('$compile');
+    init = function init(markup = '') {
+      const $parentScope = $rootScope.$new();
+      $parentScope.items = [
+        { name: 'item_1' },
+        { name: 'item_2' },
+        { name: 'item_3' }
+      ];
+
+      // create the markup
+      const $elem = angular.element(`<div draggable-container="items">`);
+      $elem.html(markup);
+
+      // compile the directive
+      $compile($elem)($parentScope);
+      $parentScope.$apply();
+
+      const $scope = $elem.scope();
+
+      return { $parentScope, $scope, $elem };
+    };
+  }));
+
+  describe('draggable_container directive', function () {
+    it('should expose the drake', function () {
+      const { $scope } = init();
+      expect($scope.drake).to.be.an(Object);
+    });
+
+    it('should expose the controller', function () {
+      const { $scope } = init();
+      expect($scope.draggableContainerCtrl).to.be.an(Object);
+    });
+
+    it('should pull item list from directive attribute', function () {
+      const { $scope, $parentScope } = init();
+      expect($scope.draggableContainerCtrl.getList()).to.eql($parentScope.items);
+    });
+
+    it('should not be able to move extraneous DOM elements', function () {
+      const bare = angular.element(`<div>`);
+      const { $scope } = init();
+      expect($scope.drake.canMove(bare[0])).to.eql(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should not be able to move non-[draggable-item] elements', function () {
+      const bare = angular.element(`<div>`);
+      const { $scope, $elem } = init();
+      $elem.append(bare);
+      expect($scope.drake.canMove(bare[0])).to.eql(false);
+    });
+
+    it('shouldn\'t be able to move extraneous [draggable-item] elements', function () {
+      const anotherParent = angular.element(`<div draggable-container="items">`);
+      const item = angular.element(`<div draggable-item="items[0]">`);
+      const scope = $rootScope.$new();
+      anotherParent.append(item);
+      $compile(anotherParent)(scope);
+      $compile(item)(scope);
+      scope.$apply();
+      const { $scope } = init();
+      expect($scope.drake.canMove(item[0])).to.eql(false);
+    });
+
+    it('shouldn\'t be able to move [draggable-item] if it has a handle', function () {
+      const { $scope, $elem } = init(`
+        <div draggable-item="items[0]">
+          <div draggable-handle></div>
+        </div>
+      `);
+      const item = $elem.find(`[draggable-item]`);
+      expect($scope.drake.canMove(item[0])).to.eql(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should be able to move [draggable-item] by its handle', function () {
+      const { $scope, $elem } = init(`
+        <div draggable-item="items[0]">
+          <div draggable-handle></div>
+        </div>
+      `);
+      const handle = $elem.find(`[draggable-handle]`);
+      expect($scope.drake.canMove(handle[0])).to.eql(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('draggable_item', function () {
+    it('should be required to be a child to [draggable-container]', function () {
+      const item = angular.element(`<div draggable-item="items[0]">`);
+      const scope = $rootScope.$new();
+      expect(() => {
+        $compile(item)(scope);
+        scope.$apply();
+      }).to.throwException(/controller(.+)draggableContainer(.+)required/i);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('draggable_handle', function () {
+    it('should be required to be a child to [draggable-item]', function () {
+      const handle = angular.element(`<div draggable-handle>`);
+      const scope = $rootScope.$new();
+      expect(() => {
+        $compile(handle)(scope);
+        scope.$apply();
+      }).to.throwException(/controller(.+)draggableItem(.+)required/i);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg.html b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg.html
index ee1224da61bee..965c54cc8fcb0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg.html
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg.html
@@ -27,30 +27,40 @@
 
   <!-- controls !!!actually disabling buttons will break tooltips¡¡¡ -->
   <div class="vis-editor-agg-header-controls btn-group">
-    <!-- up button -->
+    <!-- disable aggregation -->
     <button
-      aria-label="Increase Priority"
-      ng-if="stats.count > 1"
-      ng-class="{ disabled: $first }"
-      ng-click="moveUp(agg)"
-      tooltip="Increase Priority"
+      ng-if="agg.enabled && canRemove(agg)"
+      ng-click="agg.enabled = false"
+      aria-label="Disable aggregation"
+      tooltip="Disable aggregation"
+      tooltip-append-to-body="true"
+      type="button"
+      class="btn btn-xs">
+      <i aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-toggle-on"></i>
+    </button>
+
+    <!-- enable aggregation -->
+    <button
+      ng-if="!agg.enabled"
+      ng-click="agg.enabled = true"
+      aria-label="Enable aggregation"
+      tooltip="Enable aggregation"
       tooltip-append-to-body="true"
       type="button"
-      class="btn btn-xs btn-primary">
-      <i aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-caret-up"></i>
+      class="btn btn-xs">
+      <i aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-toggle-off"></i>
     </button>
 
-    <!-- down button -->
+    <!-- drag handle -->
     <button
-      aria-label="Decrease Priority"
+      draggable-handle
+      aria-label="Modify Priority by Dragging"
       ng-if="stats.count > 1"
-      ng-class="{ disabled: $last }"
-      ng-click="moveDown(agg)"
-      tooltip="Decrease Priority"
+      tooltip="Modify Priority by Dragging"
       tooltip-append-to-body="true"
       type="button"
-      class="btn btn-xs btn-primary">
-      <i aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-caret-down"></i>
+      class="btn btn-xs">
+      <i aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-arrows-v"></i>
     </button>
 
     <!-- remove button -->
@@ -79,5 +89,6 @@
 
 <vis-editor-agg-add
   ng-if="$index + 1 === stats.count"
+  ng-hide="dragging"
   class="vis-editor-agg-add vis-editor-agg-add-subagg">
 </vis-editor-agg-add>
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg.js
index d7c2b42daca21..a64311e8848f8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg.js
@@ -47,13 +47,16 @@ uiModules
         return label ? label : '';
       };
 
-      function move(below, agg) {
-        _.move($scope.vis.aggs, agg, below, function (otherAgg) {
-          return otherAgg.schema.group === agg.schema.group;
-        });
-      }
-      $scope.moveUp = _.partial(move, false);
-      $scope.moveDown = _.partial(move, true);
+      $scope.$on('drag-start', e => {
+        $scope.editorWasOpen = $scope.editorOpen;
+        $scope.editorOpen = false;
+        $scope.$emit('agg-drag-start', $scope.agg);
+      });
+
+      $scope.$on('drag-end', e => {
+        $scope.editorOpen = $scope.editorWasOpen;
+        $scope.$emit('agg-drag-end', $scope.agg);
+      });
 
       $scope.remove = function (agg) {
         const aggs = $scope.vis.aggs;
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg_group.html b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg_group.html
index 66b9d886a4221..98b12162d7c59 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg_group.html
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg_group.html
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
     {{ groupName }}
   </div>
 
-  <div class="vis-editor-agg-group" ng-class="groupName">
+  <div ng-class="groupName" draggable-container="vis.aggs" class="vis-editor-agg-group">
     <!-- wrapper needed for nesting-indicator -->
-    <div ng-repeat="agg in group" class="vis-editor-agg-wrapper">
+    <div ng-repeat="agg in group" draggable-item="agg" class="vis-editor-agg-wrapper">
       <!-- agg.html - controls for aggregation -->
       <ng-form vis-editor-agg name="aggForm" class="vis-editor-agg"></ng-form>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg_group.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg_group.js
index 1718d80c1b580..6bc2341d7df1d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg_group.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/agg_group.js
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ uiModules
           if (count < schema.max) return true;
         });
       });
+
+      $scope.$on('agg-drag-start', e => $scope.dragging = true);
+      $scope.$on('agg-drag-end', e => $scope.dragging = false);
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/draggable_container.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/draggable_container.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c4d7ba76ea2b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/draggable_container.js
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import $ from 'jquery';
+import dragula from 'dragula';
+import uiModules from 'ui/modules';
+
+uiModules
+.get('app/visualize')
+.directive('draggableContainer', function () {
+
+  return {
+    restrict: 'A',
+    scope: true,
+    controllerAs: 'draggableContainerCtrl',
+    controller($scope, $attrs, $parse) {
+      this.getList = () => $parse($attrs.draggableContainer)($scope);
+    },
+    link($scope, $el, attr) {
+      const drake = dragula({
+        containers: $el.toArray(),
+        moves(el, source, handle) {
+          const itemScope = $(el).scope();
+          if (!('draggableItemCtrl' in itemScope)) {
+            return; // only [draggable-item] is draggable
+          }
+          return itemScope.draggableItemCtrl.moves(handle);
+        }
+      });
+
+      const drakeEvents = [
+        'cancel',
+        'cloned',
+        'drag',
+        'dragend',
+        'drop',
+        'out',
+        'over',
+        'remove',
+        'shadow'
+      ];
+      const prettifiedDrakeEvents = {
+        drag: 'start',
+        dragend: 'end'
+      };
+
+      drakeEvents.forEach(type => {
+        drake.on(type, (el, ...args) => forwardEvent(type, el, ...args));
+      });
+      drake.on('drag', markDragging(true));
+      drake.on('dragend', markDragging(false));
+      drake.on('drop', drop);
+      $scope.$on('$destroy', drake.destroy);
+      $scope.drake = drake;
+
+      function markDragging(isDragging) {
+        return el => {
+          const scope = $(el).scope();
+          scope.isDragging = isDragging;
+          scope.$apply();
+        };
+      }
+
+      function forwardEvent(type, el, ...args) {
+        const name = `drag-${prettifiedDrakeEvents[type] || type}`;
+        const scope = $(el).scope();
+        scope.$broadcast(name, el, ...args);
+      }
+
+      function drop(el, target, source, sibling) {
+        const list = $scope.draggableContainerCtrl.getList();
+        const itemScope = $(el).scope();
+        const item = itemScope.draggableItemCtrl.getItem();
+        const toIndex = getSiblingItemIndex(list, sibling);
+        _.move(list, item, toIndex);
+      }
+
+      function getSiblingItemIndex(list, sibling) {
+        if (!sibling) { // means the item was dropped at the end of the list
+          return list.length - 1;
+        }
+        const siblingScope = $(sibling).scope();
+        const siblingItem = siblingScope.draggableItemCtrl.getItem();
+        const siblingIndex = list.indexOf(siblingItem);
+        return siblingIndex;
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/draggable_handle.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/draggable_handle.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7e62160b8e91a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/draggable_handle.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import uiModules from 'ui/modules';
+
+uiModules
+.get('app/visualize')
+.directive('draggableHandle', function () {
+  return {
+    restrict: 'A',
+    require: '^draggableItem',
+    link($scope, $el, attr, ctrl) {
+      ctrl.registerHandle($el);
+      $el.addClass('gu-handle');
+    }
+  };
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/draggable_item.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/draggable_item.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e949caf5a89fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/draggable_item.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import $ from 'jquery';
+import uiModules from 'ui/modules';
+
+uiModules
+.get('app/visualize')
+.directive('draggableItem', function () {
+  return {
+    restrict: 'A',
+    require: '^draggableContainer',
+    scope: true,
+    controllerAs: 'draggableItemCtrl',
+    controller($scope, $attrs, $parse) {
+      const dragHandles = $();
+
+      this.getItem = () => $parse($attrs.draggableItem)($scope);
+      this.registerHandle = $el => {
+        dragHandles.push(...$el);
+      };
+      this.moves = handle => {
+        const $handle = $(handle);
+        const $anywhereInParentChain = $handle.parents().addBack();
+        const movable = dragHandles.is($anywhereInParentChain);
+        return movable;
+      };
+    },
+    link($scope, $el, attr) {
+    }
+  };
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/editor.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/editor.js
index 2b9341f86a886..5543ecd6dd647 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/editor.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/editor.js
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ uiModules
 
     if (!angular.equals($state.vis, savedVisState)) {
       Promise.try(function () {
-        vis.setState($state.vis);
         editableVis.setState($state.vis);
+        vis.setState(editableVis.getEnabledState());
       })
       .catch(courier.redirectWhenMissing({
         'index-pattern-field': '/visualize'
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ uiModules
     $scope.stageEditableVis = transferVisState(editableVis, vis, true);
     $scope.resetEditableVis = transferVisState(vis, editableVis);
     $scope.$watch(function () {
-      return editableVis.getState();
+      return editableVis.getEnabledState();
     }, function (newState) {
-      editableVis.dirty = !angular.equals(newState, vis.getState());
+      editableVis.dirty = !angular.equals(newState, vis.getEnabledState());
 
       $scope.responseValueAggs = null;
       try {
@@ -289,14 +289,16 @@ uiModules
     }
   };
 
-  function transferVisState(fromVis, toVis, fetch) {
+  function transferVisState(fromVis, toVis, stage) {
     return function () {
-      toVis.setState(fromVis.getState());
+      const view = fromVis.getEnabledState();
+      const full = fromVis.getState();
+      toVis.setState(view);
       editableVis.dirty = false;
-      $state.vis = vis.getState();
+      $state.vis = full;
       $state.save();
 
-      if (fetch) $scope.fetch();
+      if (stage) $scope.fetch();
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/index.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/index.js
index 185abd4310e99..88f684f59ccb9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/index.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/visualize/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import 'plugins/kibana/visualize/editor/agg_params';
 import 'plugins/kibana/visualize/editor/nesting_indicator';
 import 'plugins/kibana/visualize/editor/sidebar';
 import 'plugins/kibana/visualize/editor/vis_options';
+import 'plugins/kibana/visualize/editor/draggable_container';
+import 'plugins/kibana/visualize/editor/draggable_item';
+import 'plugins/kibana/visualize/editor/draggable_handle';
 import 'plugins/kibana/visualize/saved_visualizations/_saved_vis';
 import 'plugins/kibana/visualize/saved_visualizations/saved_visualizations';
 import uiRoutes from 'ui/routes';
diff --git a/src/ui/public/dragula/gu-dragula.less b/src/ui/public/dragula/gu-dragula.less
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c51c873601806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/public/dragula/gu-dragula.less
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.gu-handle {
+  cursor: move;
+  cursor: grab;
+  cursor: -moz-grab;
+  cursor: -webkit-grab;
+}
+
+.gu-mirror,
+.gu-mirror .gu-handle {
+  cursor: grabbing;
+  cursor: -moz-grabbing;
+  cursor: -webkit-grabbing;
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/public/styles/base.less b/src/ui/public/styles/base.less
index e9d47e40671c8..bc5d2eb534cc4 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/styles/base.less
+++ b/src/ui/public/styles/base.less
@@ -607,3 +607,5 @@ fieldset {
     }
   }
 }
+
+@import (reference) "~dragula/dist/dragula.css";
diff --git a/src/ui/public/vis/__tests__/_vis.js b/src/ui/public/vis/__tests__/_vis.js
index d750bc5226fbf..ad4aa0ad837e5 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/vis/__tests__/_vis.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/vis/__tests__/_vis.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe('Vis Class', function () {
 
   describe('getState()', function () {
     it('should get a state that represents the... er... state', function () {
-      let state = vis.getState();
+      let state = vis.getEnabledState();
       expect(state).to.have.property('type', 'pie');
 
       expect(state).to.have.property('params');
diff --git a/src/ui/public/vis/agg_config.js b/src/ui/public/vis/agg_config.js
index ab6c649bce58b..c1250db719b98 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/vis/agg_config.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/vis/agg_config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export default function AggConfigFactory(Private, fieldTypeFilter) {
     self.id = String(opts.id || AggConfig.nextId(vis.aggs));
     self.vis = vis;
     self._opts = opts = (opts || {});
+    self.enabled = typeof opts.enabled === 'boolean' ? opts.enabled : true;
 
     // setters
     self.type = opts.type;
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ export default function AggConfigFactory(Private, fieldTypeFilter) {
 
     return {
       id: self.id,
+      enabled: self.enabled,
       type: self.type && self.type.name,
       schema: self.schema && self.schema.name,
       params: outParams
diff --git a/src/ui/public/vis/vis.js b/src/ui/public/vis/vis.js
index dbf29fe416429..6525b0c35b3fd 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/vis/vis.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/vis/vis.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default function VisFactory(Notifier, Private) {
       oldConfigs.forEach(function (oldConfig) {
         let agg = {
           schema: schema.name,
-          type: oldConfig.agg,
+          type: oldConfig.agg
         };
 
         let aggType = aggTypes.byName[agg.type];
@@ -81,18 +81,27 @@ export default function VisFactory(Notifier, Private) {
     this.aggs = new AggConfigs(this, state.aggs);
   };
 
-  Vis.prototype.getState = function () {
+  Vis.prototype.getStateInternal = function (includeDisabled) {
     return {
       title: this.title,
       type: this.type.name,
       params: this.params,
-      aggs: this.aggs.map(function (agg) {
-        return agg.toJSON();
-      }).filter(Boolean),
+      aggs: this.aggs
+        .filter(agg => includeDisabled || agg.enabled)
+        .map(agg => agg.toJSON())
+        .filter(Boolean),
       listeners: this.listeners
     };
   };
 
+  Vis.prototype.getEnabledState = function () {
+    return this.getStateInternal(false);
+  };
+
+  Vis.prototype.getState = function () {
+    return this.getStateInternal(true);
+  };
+
   Vis.prototype.createEditableVis = function () {
     return this._editableVis || (this._editableVis = this.clone());
   };
diff --git a/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.js b/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.js
index 86c9a5beae6be..45aed2c04c57e 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.js
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ uiModules
     },
     template: visualizeTemplate,
     link: function ($scope, $el, attr) {
-      let chart; // set in "vis" watcher
-      let minVisChartHeight = 180;
+      const minVisChartHeight = 180;
 
       if (_.isUndefined($scope.showSpyPanel)) {
         $scope.showSpyPanel = true;