thanks, that comes close...

I meant your second option, but without moving the pivot..

It seems that you can only "grab" an object when you hover its pivot or an axis...

In 3dsmax you can just hover the whole object and...

If an object is selected can you drag it by clicking a vertex so you can snap an object to other objects using this vertex?

Or is it only possible to "grab" an object (or sub-element selection) by...