I agree with Phil, this is common practice in CAD/graphic enviroments.
Another feature I’d like is to lock individual objects to their given position, eliminating the chance to unintentionally move it about.
Also, aligning objects relative to each other:
If I have two objects I’d want to center align to each other (not to stock) When selected they will center in a position somehwere between their starting points.
If I can select my reference object, SHIFT+click object #2 and them perform vertical/horisontal align only object #2 will move, into center of object #1 (reference object) 