.. |manip-menu| image:: /images/editors_3dview_transform_control_manipulators_header.png

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Transformation Manipulators
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.. admonition:: Reference
   :class: refbox

   | Mode:     Object and Edit Modes
   | Menu:     |manip-menu|
   | Hotkey:   :kbd:`Ctrl-Spacebar`


The Transformation manipulator widgets allow mouse controlled translation, rotation and scaling in the 3D View.
There is a separate manipulator for each operation.
Each manipulator can be used separately or in combination with the others.

.. figure:: /images/editors_3dview_transform_control-manipulators-manipulator_options.png

   The different Manipulators.


Header Controls
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Manipulators can be accessed through the header of the *3D View*.

Axis
   Enable/disable the manipulators :kbd:`Ctrl-Spacebar`.
Manipulators
   Toggles each of the manipulators. Clicking with :kbd:`Shift-LMB` on multiple manipulator icons
   will combine the manipulators.

   Arrow
      Translation.
   Arc
      Rotation.
   Box
      Scale.
Transform Orientation
   A select menu of the
   :doc:`Transform Orientations </editors/3dview/object/editing/transform/control/orientations>`.


Manipulator Controls
====================

Basic
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You can use the widget by dragging :kbd:`LMB` one of the three colored axes.
The transformation will be locked to the clicked axis.

Dragging the small white circle allows free transformation.
In case of the rotation manipulator this starts a :ref:`trackball rotation <view3d-transform-trackball>`.
The rotation manipulator contains another big outer white circle to activate free transformation.

Releasing the mouse confirms the operation (*confirm on release*).


Extended
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The operations work in same way as described in
:doc:`precision control </editors/3dview/object/editing/transform/control/precision/index>` except:

Holding down :kbd:`Shift` *after* you :kbd:`LMB`
the manipulator handle will constrain the action to smaller increments.
Holding down :kbd:`Shift` *before* you :kbd:`LMB` click on one of the handles will cause the manipulator action
to be performed relative to the other two axes. See :ref:`view3d-transform-plane-lock`.


.. seealso::

   The :ref:`Manipulator Preferences <prefs-interface-manipulator>`.