Done, and thanks. And when the scene is too cluttered in xray mode to know where to go?

I'm asking this in the newbie section because I'd be embarrassed to ask it elsewhere even though I don't consider myself a newbie with SU. I assume I'm missing a newbie method. Here goes.

When I click on the object to move, the object sometimes gets in the way of the target. If I then go to try to turn on xray view, the ctrl key makes an unwanted duplicate of the object. Additionally, sometimes xray view is so cluttered that I can't find the target.

I could turn on xray mode every time before I make a move, but this is overkill. What I end up doing usually is making the move in several steps or aborting the move, turning on xray view, then initiating the move again. Alternatively, I try at times to rotate the view around in the middle of the move, but then I sometimes get stuck inside a wall or some other object and start screaming. This behavior drives me mad!