Messages window jumps around the screen

Not sure if anyone else has had this issue, cause I've been asking other people who work with me and are running Yosemite and they haven't had this issue...
I've been having this strange issue where I'm in another application and once I click on the Messages window and move my mouse away, it then jumps to where ever I moved my mouse. I'm not click and dragging the window, the window just jumps to where my mouse went like half a second later. Not sure if this is some sort of bug with Yosemite [10.10.1 on a 13" Macbook Pro Retina], cause I don't remember this happening with Mavericks.
Not even sure what I could possibly do to remedy this besides trying to reinstall the operating system which I would like to avoid, but maybe someone has seen this and knows how to correct it?
Any help is appreciated!

Hi,
Known Issue
Messages window jumping all over the place in Yosemite? (thousands of views and 59 posts).
It has been reported to Apple but feel free http://www.apple.com/feedback/ichat.html
There is no known fix.
At present the best advice is not to click in the top bar of Messages' main window - it seems it is only that top bar that makes it happen.
10:03 pm Saturday; January 24, 2015
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I have Messages and Safari open at the same time.
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I then click back on Messages after receiving a message.
The message input field does not automatically get focus, so I click on it to give it focus.
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I can actually type my message, but I have to drag the Message window back up from behind the dock.
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It seems it is worse if the Messages window is grabbed right at the top edge when the change size icon then appears.
Of course you can "slide" a click as it were to that spot .
Some have said it effects trackpads more then mouse systems but I have seen no real proof of that.
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Longest thread
Messages window jumping all over the place in Yosemite?
Use Feedback http://www.apple.com/feedback/
It has also been brought to the attention of the Host (Moderators) as they can escalate some things direct to Engineers (there will be no feedback to Users of progress.)
Try this Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support
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