Upgraded to the most recent 8.x version from 7.0.10.
One behavior I’m missing for some reason is that items selected for moving aren’t highlighted like they were in 6.x and 7.x.
Is there a setting I have to change?
Symbols or footprints?
Symbols… shoulda made that clear at the beginning.
I think 8.07 works pretty well.
See this .gif
Selection thickness = 10
Highlight color is light blew. 
I use a light canvas - and I’m also on Mac.
I also have difficulty getting the text preferences to stick… it insists on setting to horiz / vertical centering even when I set it to left / bottom justify.
Werks for me:
The preferences that affect the selected item are Highlight color, and Highlight thickness.