Answers.Body: <p>Would be super useful to 'select main stroyline' or some such, but the best I have found is:</p>
  
  <p>Select the clip <strong>under</strong> the pointer in the timeline <code>c</code></p>
  
  <p>Select the clip <strong>above</strong> the current timeline selection at the skimmer or playhead location <code>⌘↑</code> (cmd + up-arrow)</p>
  
  <p>Select the clip <strong>below</strong> the current timeline selection at the skimmer or playhead location <code>⌘↓</code> (cmd + down-arrow)</p>
  
  <p>The other possibility is use <code>⇧⌘-</code> (Shift + Cmd + Hyphen) to decrease the clip size quickly to see more of the timeline, and increase with <code>⇧⌘=</code> (Shift + Cmd + Equals)</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>This article might help. 
  <a href="http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/tutorials/1741-selecting-a-connected-clip-without-a-mouse-in-final-cut-pro-x" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Select a clip with the keyboard</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I Have a massive timeline (image below). I scroll above the fold (yes there are even more clips above these)....yet I need to go back to the primary story line and it is becoming VERY tedious to do so. Is there not a key command to bring the primary story line into view?</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/MGB4O.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/MGB4O.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
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Title: Do key commands exist to navigate up and down Final Cut Pro Timeline?
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ThreadText: # Do key commands exist to navigate up and down Final Cut Pro Timeline?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-29)
  
  I Have a massive timeline (image below). I scroll above the fold (yes there are even more clips above these)....yet I need to go back to the primary story line and it is becoming VERY tedious to do so. Is there not a key command to bring the primary story line into view?
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/MGB4O.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/MGB4O.png)
  
  **Tags:** final-cut-pro-x, final-cut-pro
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-29. Score: 0
  
  Would be super useful to 'select main stroyline' or some such, but the best I have found is:
  
  Select the clip **under** the pointer in the timeline `c`
  
  Select the clip **above** the current timeline selection at the skimmer or playhead location `⌘↑` (cmd + up-arrow)
  
  Select the clip **below** the current timeline selection at the skimmer or playhead location `⌘↓` (cmd + down-arrow)
  
  The other possibility is use `⇧⌘-` (Shift + Cmd + Hyphen) to decrease the clip size quickly to see more of the timeline, and increase with `⇧⌘=` (Shift + Cmd + Equals)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-08-29. Score: 0
  
  This article might help.
  [Select a clip with the keyboard](http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/tutorials/1741-selecting-a-connected-clip-without-a-mouse-in-final-cut-pro-x)
  
  
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