Final Cut Pro X: UNHIDE Controls in the Text inspector

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Final Cut Pro X: UNHIDE Controls in the Text inspector

I dragged the text controls in the inspector to resize it for entering scrolling credits. But now I can't see the other Basic or Advanced controls for changing the font, font size etc. because they're outside of my view. When I try to drag these frames back up, there's is nothing to drag, nothing to see, etc. It's as if I closed them, rather than resized them, because I somehow dragged them out of visible range and can no longer select them to bring them back. I tried defaulting the view, but this option only reverted the view for the application, not the inspector controls. How do I default the Inspector view?

Final Cut Pro X, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Oct 21, 2016 9:35 PM

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Answer 1

Tom Wolsky

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Oct 21, 2016 9:55 PM in response to curtiscee.apple

CCould you post screenshots of what you've done.

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Oct 21, 2016 10:05 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

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Tom Wolsky

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Oct 21, 2016 10:10 PM in response to curtiscee.apple

YYou can pull up from the separator between the toolbar and the inspector.

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Oct 21, 2016 10:14 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

That's the problem I described: There is no separator between the toolbar and the inspector. I moved it out of view. Can you see something visible in the screenshot I attached?

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Tom Wolsky

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Oct 21, 2016 10:24 PM in response to curtiscee.apple

MMove the pointer over the line between the two.

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Oct 21, 2016 10:37 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

I can't. That's what I'm reporting. There's no line, no pointer appears because there's no line. It's a bug. If you resize the line outside of view, there's no way to "get back into view" to drag it back, because it's out of view. The bug is that Apple does not limit the area where the line can be dragged to within visible area maximum.

I figured out a way to resolve this myself by removing the preferences files to default all settings. Problem resolved; but it's still a bug. Final Cut Pro X 10.1 and later: Troubleshooting basics - Apple Support

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Oct 21, 2016 10:44 PM in response to curtiscee.apple

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Alchroma

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Oct 21, 2016 10:56 PM in response to curtiscee.apple

No need to reset Prefs.

Drag the whole Timeline down until you see the separator dots, then drag back up:

Al

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Answer 9

Oct 21, 2016 11:13 PM in response to Alchroma

I had already resolved my issue by deleting the preferences, but I tested your solution by re-creating the problem and it worked like a charm. You are the man. Thanks. So deceptively simple! But I don't feel dumb because I know hundreds have done the same thing when they were also newbies years ago. probably years ago using this application. I'm still just a newbie. THANKS!

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