Drag and Drop answers show off the screen

You need to trust the system, and let it do the work, instead of you doing the work. When you edit a state, there is a small, discrete + on that screen. That is the origin of all of the states. Place the origin of the new state right there, so that when you drag the object, and it changes states, the new state will be where the object is. If you create the new state to the right of the object, every time the new state is used, it will jump that far to the right of the object’s current position. If you drag the object to the right, then change its state (by dropping it on a target,) the new state will jump to the right as far as you moved it when you created it. If, when you create a new state, you create it  right where the object is, then no matter where you move the object, the new state will be right where you drop the object.

An easy to control the position of the new state is to use the X and Y locations on the ribbon. If they are set to 0 (the default), the new state will be where the object is.