When using the repair tool around the top edges of the photo, I can’t move it elsewhere out of the way, so I can get rid of unwanted blotches in that area. This needs fixing.
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You can zoom into the image a bit, press and hold space (hand mode) and drag the image to the side, so that you can reach to that area.
That’s a nifty workaround, Christian (I’ll use that in the short-term).
I agree with Jana, tho - - this does need some attention:
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For consistency, the same method should apply as it does when one needs to move the correction sliders out of the way within Local Adjustments mode
– in that case, pressing the “E” key hides/reveals the tool controls
John M
I’ve just “discovered” the solution to this problem !!
On the far left of the set of controls that are displayed when the Repair tool is activated is a small square button highlighted in blue (exactly the same as the Repair button on the Toolbar):
Clicking on this button causes the Repair/Clone controls to disappear - enabling access to parts of the image previously hidden behind the controls. Clicking on this button does NOT disable Repair/Clone mode - it just hides the controls (in the same way that pressing “E” in Local Adjustments mode hides LA controls).
Solved … 
John M
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Excellent John !
I had never seen … and even clicked on it 
Pascal
but this behavior (hide/show the toolbar) is equal for all the new tools like LC, WB, Repair. So it looks like we should do something with its discoverability.
Thank you,
Regards,
Svetlana G.
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Yes - - and simply a pop-up message (when mouse cursor moves over the button) would probably do.
John
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