Arrange the main window in Final Cut Pro for Mac

The main areas of the Final Cut Pro window include the browser, viewer, timeline, sidebar, and inspector. You can show, hide, and resize these areas to suit both your working style and the task at hand, even across multiple displays.

Final Cut Pro also comes with a set of predefined workspace layouts, and you can create and save your own custom workspace layouts. See Change the workspace layout.

The Final Cut Pro window showing the sidebar, browser, viewer, inspector, and timeline

Resize areas of the Final Cut Pro window

Drag the border between two areas of the Final Cut Pro window.
As you drag, one area gets larger, and the other gets smaller.

When both the browser and viewer are shown, the bottom of the browser and viewer acts as a single border—resizing one resizes the other as well.

Show or hide the browser, the timeline, or the inspector

In Final Cut Pro, do any of the following:

Show or hide the browser: Click the Browser button in the toolbar (or press Control-Command-1).
The image below shows the Final Cut Pro window with the browser hidden and just the viewer and the timeline showing:
Show or hide the timeline: Click the Timeline button in the toolbar (or press Control-Command-2).
Note: You can’t hide both the browser and the timeline at the same time.
Show or hide the inspector: Click the Inspector button in the toolbar (or press Command-4).
Tip: To switch the inspector between full-height view and half-height view, double-click the top bar of the inspector. You can also choose View > Toggle Inspector Height (or press Control-Command-4).

Show or hide the sidebar

The sidebar appears to the left of the browser and contains three panes for selecting different types of media: the Libraries sidebar, the Photos, Videos, and Audio sidebar, and the Titles and Generators sidebar. When you select an item in the sidebar (such as an event containing clips, or a category of sound effects or 3D titles), the item’s contents are displayed in the browser. You can show or hide any of the sidebars.

The Libraries sidebar, with the Libraries button highlighted above

In Final Cut Pro, do any of the following:

Show the Libraries sidebar: Click the Libraries button in the top-left corner of the Final Cut Pro window, or choose Window > Go To > Libraries (or press Command-1).
Show the Photos, Videos, and Audio sidebar: Click the Photos, Videos, and Audio button in the top-left corner, or choose Window > Go To > Photos, Videos, and Audio (or press Shift-Command-1).
Show the Titles and Generators sidebar: Click the Titles and Generators button in the top-left corner, or choose Window > Go To > Titles and Generators (or press Option-Command-1).
Show or hide the sidebar: Choose Window > Show in Workspace > Sidebar, or press Command-Grave Accent (`). You can also hide the sidebar by clicking the button for the sidebar that’s currently shown (the button is highlighted).

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Final Cut Pro User Guide for Mac

Arrange the main window in Final Cut Pro for Mac

Resize areas of the Final Cut Pro window

Show or hide the browser, the timeline, or the inspector

Show or hide the sidebar