option for Manipulator X,Y,Z at the end of handles.

Support Modeling
1

Right now in the blender options menu you only have 3 settings for the manipulator,

Size
Handle Size
HotSpot

there is plenty of room under there to add an option for
“axis letter at end of handle” then give an offset spacing value for how far
you want the letter to be away from the end of the manipulator and the font size.
similar to Maya.

2

check your lower left 3D view

3

i see it in the lower left,
but i think it would be nice to have an option to have it right on the manipulator.
you could change the Axis end arrows to the letters, so instead of pulling the arrows you grab the letters to move…

this would give you direct thinking on the axis you are working with,
so you can press z, y, or x to constrain to that axis.
(no need to look down, when the letter is right there, speed simplicity)

4

you only have to look down enough times so that you remember the color code

5

The only benefit would be if you are colour blind, other than that the axis colour tells you all you need and its not like all other applications show the axes on their manipulators