Move Video Tracks

I haven't touched FCP in over a year and I beyond rusty. I have three video clips(different camera angles of an interview) that are on individual video tracks. I want to rearrange the tracks (move the bottom to the top) and also maybe toggle the video off so I can see a track below. I have no idea how to do this.

Hold the shift key to prevent the track from moving horizontally (in time), click and drag it. Start with the lowest track and drag it to say V4 or V5 -this will give you some working space to rearrange the others.
When you have them in the right order, select them all, hold shift and drag back to tracks V1-3. Note that you don't have to do this, but it keeps the timeline neat and tidy.
To turn off a particular track's visibilty, click its green button at the left of the timeline. It will change to a darker green. In some circumstances, turning a tracks visibility on and off may require you to re-render.

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