Hey thanks for all the replies.

Those snap hotkeys are super useful thanks! As far as the problem, it ended up being something stupid in my pref, I just reset the manipulator tool back to its defaults(I had messed with it previously do to them not showing up, ended being my graphics card drivers) and it fixed the problem. Stupid, but oh well I guess im learning from the mistakes.

Sorry about all the troubles and stupid questions, guess everyone starts somewhere though.

Thanks