Adjusting Clip/Photo length in iMovie 11

Hello, I am a new mac user, I am using iMovie 11 on OS lion.
Is there a way to adjust clip length/photo duration by simply clicking and dragging? I find it really annoying to have to enter the duration manually for still photos. Equally annoying is the 'clip trimmer' option. On movie maker, I used to be able to drag a clip so that it shunted the rest of the project along on the timeline, I dont seem to be able to do this on my mac.
Any suggestions?
Cheers.

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