Move FCE Motion Keyframe

is there any easy way to move a motion's keyframe from one spot in the clip to another? say i have a clip and i add a keyframe at the clip's 'in' point and then another at the clip's 'out' point. the result is say a slight zoom and move across the screen.
ok now later on i realize that clip needs to be longer - so the clip gets extended several frames. however - the keyframe that was at the clip's previous ending is now a few frames from the end - resulting in the motion "stopping" at the clip's previous endpoint. my solution now is to open the clip in the viewer and manually add a new keyframe at the end with the same parameters as the 'old' end keyframe and then delete the 'old' keyframe.
is there an easy way just to move that old keyframe from it's position to the new end point? i think it would be easy if it was an opacity keyframe and this was the timline - but i don't think motion keyframes show up in the timeline?
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The short answer: no. Basically do it the way you're doing it is the best way.

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