It's long standing problem. it it's biting like a pitpull many times.
The 3d manupilator is in many times barly visible and you do not see where you need to click.
I do not see on my screen where to rotate parts are on the 3D pivot.
Here's old request with a few more examples from long ago.
Note: it's possible that the image looks bigger in the browser , it does here. and that gives the impression it's still visible.
I can't vote this up enough - it's been discussed before but is such a basic problem and makes creating large scenes way more difficult than need be. Even just give us the option to toggle off the transparency effect if it doesn't work for the individual.
Yes, remove the transparency, really would fix one design problem with the 3D pivot.
Personally I think it goes beyond the transparency issue, when I rotate my view, the gizmo is lost from view, making moving an object in a confined space almost impossible.
I'd like to see a switch to move the pivot point to say a chosen axis corner of the mesh, as opposed to the center, and back. Also to have the gizmo anchored to the extents of the client screen.
What is also irritating about the gizmo, is it scales up as I move away from my model, often obscuring it or getting lost in the geometry.
Complete afree with @justme.
I made long ago a request to move objects with cursor keys like you can do in blender. Because the pivot will be many times out of your screen view or in bad angle so it hard to move.
On top, the pivot not let you do small adjustments that you could do with cursor keys (if correct implemented)
Snapping to surface is a good tool, albeit the gizmo is removed..... 8-| so there is no handle to use..... also there is the axis numeric entry boxes, but they do not have a Increase/Decrease adjusters (I hate sliders) for that fine touch. As RR said, using the cursor keys would suffice and are perhaps handier as I don't have to keep an eye on the edit window
Something must be done, it's like trying to pull hairs from your ears with boxing gloves on.
After your post iu jumped straight into sansar.
Because in the past i never liked snapping to surface.
it did not work good. And it did always snapp to the ground plane.
So i tried snaping with my not finished objects.
And i still not like it. it snaps fine to the ground surface.
It does not snap to my unfinished objects.
And then i still need the (missing) cursor key movement to adjust the position correct.
I just noticed some annoying sound at left side only when i drag around.