I regret "Trim comp to work area"..

I have some footages, one 20 seconds long, and one 13 seconds long.
I make a new comp and use both of them.
Then I adjust the work area to 10 seconds, and invoke "Trim comp to work area". Later I want a larger work area, I want all the 13 secodsn of footage A, and perhaps all 20 seconds.
Ok, I have tried a lot before asking here in this forum, but the opposite of "Trim comp to work area" seems to be absent-. How do I set the work area to, let us say 20 seconds, so that I again get all of footage B and some of footage A?
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I would argue, though, that your problem comes from your way of thinking. IMHO you're too keen on using AE as an extension/ replacement for an NLE here and there and then get stuck when features work differently...
I disagree. My point, if you read the topic title, is that I want to reverse an operation in the same easy way I initially did the operation. I want to be able to extend the work area again, just by dragging a slider, or something equally user friendly, with the same ease of operation. As it is now, by invoking "Trim comp to work area", I am stuck.
This has nothing to do with an NLE vs an effects application. If something can be done in one way (entering a number as Adolfo explains), it certainly can be done in a faster way. My profession is programmer, and I deal with these things all day long. I maintain that there should be an easier, and not the least faster, way to gain more headroom for the work area, than typing in a number. What if the number is wrong? I have to type it again. What I want, is to just drag a slider, and thereby reveal what's underneath. In this case, I want to drag a slider to see more of my video clip, and stop dragging when I am satisfied and start to work. Typing a number.. hey..
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