Sorting and re-sorting a collection on the fly - suggestions?

long time dj, long time traktor user.....with the newest updates....

for some reason i cant find a way of recreating this.....is there something im missing?

when playing live, playing a track for a crowd, finding out it works, and wanting to place it in a different spot, in different crate or placement in a crate the old school way

emulated in the software.....i want to take a track, loaded and playing in a player, and store it in a new place....from a deck, not the browser....sometimes its long gone in the browser as im somewhere completely different in there, and to go looking for it again in browser, to do something with it within the browser sucks.....i wanna take it off the deck, wave it in the air sorta speak, and put it somewhere special

like move it to a new playlist? (from a deck, not the browser)

programmed to midi controller function? (from a deck, not the browser)

like colour code it on the spot? (from a deck, not the browser)

like give it a star rating? (from a deck, not the browser)

to drag and drop a playing track to a playlist seams risky?? (cpu) stress? mouse slip?

anyone play like this? oldsckool way of filing and refiling a music collection live? i never had a "statically" stored music collection in the old days, and now search bars, re-sorting columns and history playlists is fun.....but i miss sorting and re-sorting a collection on the fly, at a gig, with an audience and taking that new collection positioning to the next gig kinda energy......too much music prep, "alone", takes away from a vibe of spontaneity and intuitive music collection?

anyone miss this? or have a good workaround? am i missing something obvious thats always been in traktor (or now in the newest update)?

thanks.....jay