Moving clips around in timeline

I'm sure there is a very simple fix to this problem, but I can't figure it out.  I've edited numerous videos in fcp and was about halfway through one when the right arrow stopped showing up when I wanted to move clips around that were already in the timeline.  Only the down arrow shows up when I drag a clip to a different point in the timeline so it overwrites my other footage instead of moving it over.  I've tried cutting and pasting, but that also overwrites the footage.  Please help! Thanks!

sorry Jim, gotta disagree with you on this.  Rearranging clips IN the timeline (not editing from the viewer or browser) is a very basic and useful tool in fcp.  Learn to use it and your editing speed will increase.

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