Vertex adding box won't show

[Anonymous]

Whenever I hold my mouse on a vertex (of a 3d object) usually the box appears with the options to stretch, add or remove a vertex. Except now the 3D gizmo relocates to that vertex which prevents the vertex option box to appear.. Is there a way to disable the gizmo if that is preventing the vertex option box from appearing? 

thanks

Edit: removing the gizmo by typing 'defaultgizmo' =3 does't seem to help. The gizmo is gone but the option box still doesn't appear on 3d objects. Works fine on 2d polylines...

[beyoungjr]

I don't recall those vertex positions ever appearing by simply selecting the solid object.  I have always held the CTRL key while selecting these vertex positions.  You can pre-select the solid then hold CTRL while clicking the desired position, or you can just hold CTRL while clicking a point before selecting the solid.  The Gizmo appears to allow precise X/Y/Z adjustments but it never seems to get in my way of grabbing the actual position grip to adjust.

Hope this helps,

Blaine