Cant view videos in the event browser

Normally, when you import a videofile into FCPX, and it appears in the Event, you can move over the clip with the mouse and it shows you the clip.
without changing any preferences from one day to another its not possible to do it..when i move the mouse over the clip, nothing happens..
when i click on it and drag the part i want, it works..
if anyone had the same problem it would be nice to hear any soloutions..
sony13fx

You may have accidentally turned skimming off. The keyboard shortcut is just the letter "s", so it is quite easy to hit by accident if, for instance, you were expecting to type something but the text box did not have focus.

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I have a problem in the event browser only. If I place the skimmer in any clip and press the space bar, nothing happen. If I press the "play" arrow" it does not work neither nor through the presentation menu.
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