Since SP2 it is now possible to disable the dimension pop-up palette which is new in SolidWorks 2010. Although there is no option available in Tools -> Options yet, the dimension palette can be disabled in the registry using the following key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2010\Dimensions]
“14504″=dword:00000001
To make things easier, below are registry files to enable and disable the [...]