Transform tool's grab radius

Any chance we can have our legacy transform tool work the same way it did in older Photoshop versions such as one from 2019?

Specifically, when I ctrl+t a layer across canvas, the transform box appears around the layer boundaries like it should, but unless my mouse is within a screen inch of that bounding box, the transform cancels. So I can't rotate across the canvas like I used to. I have to press shift then tap the mouse on canvas then release shift to rotate across canvas. This is new. And frankly, very silly.