I'm suspecting it is the 2nd one. If your cursor is in a cell, the edit window displays the contents regardless of their size and if they're too big they will cover up the first few rows of your display (which usually contain my column headings unfortunately). Very annoying.
The solution in my case is usually to simply move the cursor to another cell that does not have such a long formula.
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