Shift key issues

[Noah Kadner]

Ha doubt it’s a clip connection virus. It’s this a new behavior you’re seeing or something you’re just hit on a more complicated tineline.

Noah

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[David Mathis]

If they are connected clipsit works. Secondary storylines are another issue. I have tried this with the both the selection and position tools. Perhaps it has something to do with the clips being in a storyline?

[Bret Williams]

I’ve noticed this before. Sometimes you have to make sure shift is down before you start the drag or it doesn’t engage.

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[Rikki Blow]

yep i concur.
seems very sensitive to the order and speed of key/mouse-click. sometimes appears not to work, then you do it again more carefully and it’s ok.

depending on power of your system, i think FCPX sometimes lags in responding to keys. another example i find is selecting a clip then hitting Control-R to render – somtimes if you do it too quickly it won’t render until you hit those keys again.

another example is sometimes it misses the first letter when i’m writing in text having just created a text object with Control-T.

try slowing down before your Shift-move and see if that sorts it.

[Bret Williams]

Are you using a wireless keyboard? I haven’t seen your issues, EXCEPT some similar stuff with my logitech wireless keyboard. It’s not bluetooth, and if you have some interference with the receiver, it can be quite flaky.

But with a wired keyboard, I’ve never seen any of those issues. Except the shift drag thing, but that seems to be an FCPX issue.

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[Rikki Blow]

MacBook Pro here – nothing wireless.