At one point there was a “Click Anywhere” check box (when selecting Move / Rotate / Scale tools) that allowed to click anywhere in the viewport without activating the tool, but only when the mouse was on the gizmo.
What is the state of that feature? Is it removed for ever?
I liked being able to perform the transforms only when clicking on the gizmo and the rest of the screen was used for box selecting without switching between the tools.