Allow drag and drop onto white space in list view

When dragging and dropping files from one lister to another, I find that if the lister is in "list" view, I cannot drop the file onto the white space next to the folders in that lister. It wants to drop the file into the folders themselves and so I often have to scroll to the right until I get some white space to drop the file into that isn't next to a folder.

I would prefer it if the folder was highlighted as a target only if the cursor is over the folder name or icon.

I hope that makes sense.