Premiere CS4: How to Set/Disable Snap Area?

[KlausKi]

I'd like to shorten one of my clips only a few frames. But if I use the Delete and Fill Gaps tool (my translation from German version) I can only shorten my clip for a minimum of, say, 20 frames because there seems some kind of snapping functionality enabled.

This snapping mechanism clings my selection to the clip's current end until I've left a certain area around that clip's end.

How can I set the width of this snapping area? Can I disable it temporarily, e.g. by pressing something like a <SHIFT> key?

Your help is appreciated.

[Jeff Bellune · Accepted solution]

On a US keyboard, the shortcut to turn snapping on and off is the S-key.

-Jeff

[KlausKi]

Thanks, Jeff!

Do you perhaps know where I can find a menu item on this? I guess I might forget this shortcut after a while. But my motor memory will better remember menu items.

Is there also a way to just temporarily disable snapping? When I'm already dragging I wouldn't want to release the mouse when I'm already at the destination position.