Can I Disable the Film Strip Pop-Up in Full Screen Mode so I Can Crop Image

When I am in Full-Screen mode, cropping is difficult when the cursor moves to the bottom of the screen. This is because the "film strip" automatically pops up and blocks my view of the bottom of the image. I cannot see the part of the picture I am cropping!

This is very annoying. Sometimes, I have to draw the crop box at the top of the screen - out of range of the film strip - and then drag it down to the bottom of image, placing it that way.

I know I can click on a toggle switch to get the "full screen" image to shrink and share the screen with the film strip - but I prefer to see the image at full size.

Could there be a keyboard command that disables the automatic pop-up of the film strip? Any other suggestions?

Thanks!