Automatically push clips in timeline when a clip length is edited

I am just learning FCP so please excuse the noobieness
First a little walkthrough of what I am working with.
I have three clips in my browser each are 5 minutes long.
Clip A
Clip B
Clip C
There will be no transidtions just hard cuts from one clip to the next.
I drag each clip to the timeline one after the other all in V1
I decide I want to change my out point on Clip B so I double click it in the timeline and it opens in the viewer.
In the viewer I go to where I want my new Mark Out and set that Mark Out.
The clip changes in the timeline.
There is now a gap between Clip B and Clip C.
I Command Click "Close Gap" and Clip C moves to the end of Clip B.
THIS WORKS GREAT.
Now the question.
If I want to edit the mark out of clip B again to make it a little longer I get an error of "Media Limit on V1"
This is obviously due to there being Clip C in the way of the frames I want to add.
If I manually move Clip C further away from Clip B freeing up space and then re-attempt to change the Mark Out of Clip B it works fine and extends the endpoint of the clip in the timeline. I can then manually remove the gap and Clip C is again at the new end of Clip B.
This is a pain in the ***.
Is there a preference setting that when I change the mark out in Clip B in will automatically push all clips beyond clip B in the timeline far enough to allow for the new frames in clip B?

Exactly wahat I needed. Thank you!
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http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=44%2 6section=4

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