The popup, the floating panel and Quick Edit

Three ways, and they all do the same thing:

1. Press ⌘⌃V from anywhere.
2. Click the Tucket icon in the menu bar.
3. Rest your cursor on the notch at the top of the screen.

The quickest answer is to switch hovering off entirely. Settings, then Opening Tucket, then turn off Open Tucket when I hover at the top of the screen. The keyboard shortcuts keep working, so ⌘⌃V still opens the popup whenever you want it.

If you would rather keep hovering but make it less eager, the same page has three sliders: how wide the spot is, how far down it reaches, and how long to rest there. Raising the wait is usually the fix, because it lets you sweep past on the way to the menu bar without the popup appearing.

While you drag any of the three, Tucket flashes the real spot on screen so you can see exactly what you are adjusting rather than guessing. Reset puts all three back.

Settings, then Opening Tucket, then Close when the pointer moves away. Pick how long it waits before closing.

It is sensible about it. It stays open while you are dragging a clip out, typing in search, picking several clips, or looking at a menu, so it never disappears in the middle of something.

The popup closes as soon as you paste, which is right most of the time and wrong when you are collecting things. For that, use the Paste Board: the same interface as a free-floating panel.

1. Press ⌘⌃B.
2. Drag it wherever suits you.
3. It stays put while you work, and remembers where you left it.

Quick Edit is a scratch pad pre-filled with whatever is on your clipboard right now.

1. Press ⌘⌃X.
2. Edit the text. There is a live character count if you are trimming to a limit.
3. Click Copy to put the edited version back on your clipboard.

These work inside the popup. The ⌘⌃ shortcuts work from anywhere. See Keyboard shortcuts.