Editing in Timeline

Hello all,
First of all thanks for your help with my files conversion.
Now i'm into editing floor.
My question is how do you move clips in the timeline without replacing the clip that was there already? In imovie 6, this was easy, just drag the clip where you want it to be and all the clips will move accordingly unless it's locked.
Let's say I got Clip 1, Clip2, Clip 3, clip 4 and clip 5 in the timeline in that order. I would like to move clip5 between Clip#1 and Clip#2. When I moved clip#5, it replaces clip#2. Is there a way to do it in the timeline?
Thank you so much!

Michel's trick does not involve using the option key,
and it's only when you drag from the Viewer to the Timeline.
Dragging the clip to the place above the little line is an insert edit;
below is overwrite. So it's like using the canvas, except
that it doesn't matter where the playhead is. Try it!
I don't know of a way to lock a single clip. You could shift-drag
the clip up to a new track and lock the track (using the cute
little padlock icon on the left of the track).

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