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499Final Cut Pro User Guide
Navigate compound clip levels using menu commands
You can navigate up or down one or more levels of a compound clip.
1. Open a compound clip in Final Cut Pro.
2. Do any of the following:
• Move forward (down one level): Choose View > Timeline History Forward, or press
Command-Right Bracket (]).
• Move back (up one level): Choose View > Timeline History Back, or press Command-
Left Bracket ([).
Navigate compound clip levels using the arrow buttons
In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
1. Open a compound clip in Final Cut Pro.
2. Do one of the following:
• Click the left and right arrows at the top of the timeline.
• Click and hold the right or left arrow in the top-left corner of the timeline, then
choose a level.
The left arrow effectively closes the current compound clip and opens its parent, with the
top level being the project or event containing the compound clip. If there’s no history
available to navigate, both the left and right arrows are dimmed.
Make sure all contents of a compound clip appear in your movie
When you’re editing the contents of a compound clip, Final Cut Pro indicates the boundary
of the compound clip with a darker crosshatched area to the left of the start point of the
clip and to the right of the end point of the clip.
If you add clips to the contents of the compound clip, any parts of any clips that extend
into the dark gray area do not appear in your project.