what are these pop-ups and how to turn them off

Question

i'm sure i used to know what these pop-ups were called but now cannot for the life of me remember and i want them TURNED OFF - illustrator is now just bloatware....

have tried turning off tooltips in prefs (both kinds) and unchecking all things associated with smart guides in prefs and even smart guides (fully off) - but it persists. it's driving me insane - you can't see areas beneath it - so it's hampering getting work done.

here's two images of what i mean - shows angle, etc.

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is this now a bug with the latest update??? - aaargh - any help would be so appreciated - thanks!!!!!!!!!

Anubhav M · Answer

Hello @cworkman,Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind trying to turn off Transform from the Control Panel options to see if it helps?Looking forward to hearing from you.Anubhav