Clip viewer

Hello everyone. Not a significant problem here, maybe just something I have to love with...
I'm currently working on a project with about 300 video clips. I'd like to move ones I have not yet placed in the timeline closer to the top of the area where they are placed after they are imported. As it is now, I have some unused clips toward the top and a bunch at the bottom and nothing in between. As a result, I'm contantly having to scroll down through all the empty clip boxes to get to the ones further down. (I hope I'm explaining this sufficiently.)Is there any way (other than dragging & dropping) get my clips all at the top of the clip selection area?
Thanks in advance.
Gary

Hi coachgrd - I guess you already know that by positioning the pointer just beyond the edge of the clip thumb-nails in the Clips Pane, and then clicking and dragging down you can select a bunch of clips very quickly.

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