Final Cut Pro timeline items vanish. OS problem?

Something strange happening when I use Final Cut Pro. I've looked for help in the Final Cut Pro forums but it's looking to be an OS problem.
Look at http://www.flickr.com/photos/46227266@N00/460849229/ to see what I'm talking about.
When I click on items in the timeline they disappear and become unselectable, revealing whatever is beneath Final Cut Pro, be it the desktop or whatever window is open beneath, and that becomes selected instead.
Any help?

Turned out it was ShapeShifter messing with my display settings. I'd forgotten I even had it. Once it was disabled, everything worked properly again.

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