Smart playlist long list of criteria extends off screen - help!

I subscribe to a lot of podcasts and use several smart playlists to group and organize them. When creating criteria for the smart playlist, sometimes the list extends off the bottom of the screen, and unlike the usual Mac interface, no scroll bar appears on the window. This isn't really a problem (I'm able to keep adding to the playlist using the + button near the top of the window) but makes going back and editing or removing items that can't be seen on screen impossible.
Can anyone suggest a solution to "scroll up" on these long lists of smart playlist criteria that disappear off screen?
I thought it might help make sense of my ramblings if I included a link to a screenshot showing what I'm asking about:
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9206/picture1qb8.png
Message was edited by: Bryan Hughes1
Message was edited by: Bryan Hughes1

I have found the only solution right now is to create sub-smart playlists and then group those in the main playlist.
For example, say for music you have...
Any of the following:
Band is Devo
Band is B-52s
. [more rules]
Band is ELO
Band is Heart
. [more rules]
Band is Bad Religion
Band is NoFX
. [more rules]
that you can take groups of them and put them into their own Smart Playlists like New Wave, Classic Rock, and Punk then your HUGE playlist you can remove those bands and put in to include the New Wave, Classic Rock, and Punk playlists, then add what ever extra rules you have.
Patrick

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