Translucent box in iPhoto 6.0.2

A dark translucent box containing the folder name and date is appearing in the middle of my screen in all views. I want to get rid of it.

Glennely:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. That's an option for scrolling that you can turn off in iPhoto's preferences. It's designed to pop up while you're scrolling to let you know where in the list of rolls you're located. Go into iPhoto's Appearance preference section and uncheck the "Show scrolling information". That will get rid of it.

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