Move photo in album, view returns to select location

iPhoto '09 v8.1.1 424 (earlier versions, too)
Organizing/moving photos in an album:
When dragging a photo(s) in an album, say to move it from row 20 to row 1, where drag requires an auto scroll by holding the thumbnail at the top edge of album window, iPhoto returns view to row 20 when photo is dropped at row 1. Same for any drag, up or down, if pick location is off screen from drop location.
I would like to have the view stay at drop location. No pref for this. Any way to fix?
Or click to select, then mouse scroll, and some hot key click to insert photo at new location (view stays at insert location).
Also, iPhoto has a very narrow target strip for the auto scroll. Any way to widen the scroll control area? Or tips to work it?
Any comment appreciated.
-B

That seems to be the default behavior of that version of iPhoto when dragging in an album. Not much you can do about it at this time.
There is a new version of iPhoto 8, iPhoto 8.1.2, that you could update to and see if that helps.
OT

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