Is it possible to pick something up without it going into your inventory, just to move it? For example I came across a basket of potatoes that I wanted to spill over, I had a hard time "kicking" it to get them to spill out. Is there a way I could have picked up the basket to spill it? I could swear I moved a book from a table to the bed on my crosshair, but I can't figure out how I did it and now I'm starting to wonder if it was a fluke or maybe I just knocked it over there or something...

Hold down the activate button (A for xbox), and you can move stuff about, then press it again to drop the item.

I'm on PC but I think E is activate, never thought to hold it down. I'll try that, thanks!

I love you. I kept trying to click the thumbstick like in Oblivion!