The ripple edit option can be turned on and off in the timeline's toolbar. While turning it on users can trim the segments in the timeline while ensuring that subsequent segments in the timeline are intelligently repositioned and shifted by the same degree.
Toolbar Icon
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Example ripple edit (trim)
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The ripple delete option for segments can be executed in the context menu of a segment or via keyboard shortcut (compare with Keyboard Shortcuts [INT VE XY.Z UG] ).
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The following figure shows a situation in which the highlighted segment will be ripple deleted and forcing the subsequent segments to move to a new position.
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