Adjust effects in the timeline

Hi all, thanks in advance for your answers to this...
I still can't figure out how to adjust effect parameters of a clip in the timeline... It seems like sometimes when I right click (w mighty mouse) on a clip in the timeline, instead of pulling up the paste attributes, etc menu, it pulls up a smaller one that lists only the effects on that certain clip.
Of course, in crunch deadline situations (which more and more these days seems like every second of my edit day) this would save oodles of time since I wouldn't have to open the clip in the browser and navigate through the effects menu to make a simple adjustment. Usually I will put standard color correction effects on clips and know exactly what to adjust, so this shortcut could potentially save me days of time (bwahahaha!) so I can maybe finish at 6 or 630 instead of 8 or 830 every night.
Thanks, I appreciate you all making my life more diverse through enlightening me to this shortcut.

OK, I think I've found what you want...kinda, sorta...
FCP5 manual Vol. III, pg. 286, discusses "Working with the Timeline Keyframe Editor"
First, you have to already have keyframes placed. Next, activate the 'Clip Keyframes' toggle (bottom left of the timeline), then contol-click (right-click) on the same Clip Keyframes toggle/control and choose Video or Audio or Select All for both.
Now you right-click in the keyframe editor area beneath the clip you want to work on and choose the filter or motion parameter you want to display.
At this point you can drag individual keyframes up/down, back/forth with numeric representation of your parameter...but it doesn't give you a way to 'type in' a parameter that I can see.
Hope that helps,
K

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