A little annoying pet peeve of mine

This not the end of the world problem, but my pet peeve is the box in the lower left corner, (attack etc...) sits right over the compass, weather and time when engaged in battle. Wish we could drag and drop, or permanently move some of the items on the screen.

I agree, but iirc they said they were looking into solving this problem.

There is a way to cancel the attack menu while in battle. For 360 you just hold the Y button, and you can then see your radar and the day until you let go.