Oh, antoher possibly handy tip; (lazy movement)
If you want to move something axial, but dont want to bother to klick the axial-arrows when moving.
First press w for movement...
Hold Shift + klick and hold the move-button on your mouse, AND move the mouse roughly along one of the axis.
The object will then move sturdy in x,y or z direction.
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