Navigating within the browser using the keyboard, Copying and deleting items in the browser – Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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Chapter 5
Browser Basics
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Navigating Within the Browser Using the Keyboard
You can navigate to items in the Browser in various ways, depending on whether you
are viewing items in list view or icon view (see “
Customizing the Browser Display
To navigate within the Browser, do one of the following:
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Press the Up and Down Arrow keys to move up and down in a list of items in list view
or move vertically between items in icon view.
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Press the Right and Left Arrow keys to move horizontally between items in icon view.
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Press the Tab key to move between items alphabetically.
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Type the first few letters of an item’s name.
Copying and Deleting Items in the Browser
Copying or duplicating a clip creates an affiliate clip, which is a clip that shares
properties with the original clip, or master clip. For more information about master-
affiliate clip relationships, see Volume IV, Chapter 4, “Working With Master and
Affiliate Clips.”
To copy an item, do one of the following:
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Select the item, then hold down the Option key while you drag the item to a new bin
or to the Name column heading.
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Press Option-D to duplicate the selected item.
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Select an item, choose Edit > Copy, then choose Edit > Paste.
Hold the Option key
while you drag the item
to a new bin or
to the Name column
heading.