HT5361 new message in mail- it opens BEHIND the inbox

Something just changed on my Mac - now when I open a new mail message it it positioned BEHIND the inbox and I cannot read it.  How do i make it so it pops up IN FRONT OF the inbox?  (that is the way it has always worked - I don't know what changed.)

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