Hm, while useful this is not what I need. I need to turn off the rotation rings and RGB color axis handles because they completely obscure the node I am viewing. The effect I want to achieve is the same as clicking on 'show all objects at the position clicked' but without the list popup. I guess that's the only way to do it.
Terminology wise, I consider the rotation rings etc as gizmos, but clearly they are treated in a different category.