An irritant with branches

[Andrew Parsloe]

I haven't used branches all that much but I am using them at the moment. 
Something that has become an irritant is the way the pop-up panel with 
the branch name and branch and inset status too often covers the point 
where I want to enter text. At present the panel is positioned below and 
to the right of the mouse cursor position without regard for the text 
cursor position. Would it be possible to position it so that it does not 
cover the text cursor position? Alternatively, could the status bar be 
used avoiding the use of a pop-up panel?

Andrew