[Kevin Ryan]

I stumbled onto this thread while searching for others complaining about a certain feature of FCPX. I know my particular question/complaint will be nothing new, and there may be dozens of threads about this on here, so I apologize in advance if that’s so.

Is there ANY way to move the Inspector tab/window to a second monitor? Or at least to make it so that my Inspector window opens to the full height of my monitor, without reducing my timeline and effects windows to tiny slivers at the bottom of my screen? It is infuriating to have to continually scroll to the very bottom of the Inspector to access the Compositing/Opacity controls. Or any other controls for that matter as I begi to add effects.

Likewise, it is annoying to have to continually click between the video and audio controls. I’d just like to have them both open and parked on another monitor, with all controls constantly accessible.

I actually love FCPX, having spent years happily working with FCP7. I fully endorse the magnetic timeline and many of the other features. But the lack of control over the layout is absolutely dumbfounding. I have to engage in a ridiculous amount of mouse-clicking and mouse-movement that is completely unnecessary and which slows me down. I can’t be the only one.

I understand the designer’s intentions, making it “simple” and uncluttered. However, there should be an option (buried deeply within the preferences if need be) that would allow for undocking and customization of the control windows.

Have Apple ever released an official explanation/defense regarding this?