the region above the timeline where you can add markers, i get this horizontal arrow thats points left or right and you cant click on it.

If you hold down the left mouse button and drag it the IN and OUT pointers will be set to your mouse-down and mouse-up points.

Sounds like this might be the arrow showing the direction and length of the ripple when "Ripple Edit" is selected. Try turning off Ripple Edit and see if the arrow goes away.

For more on Ripple Edit, consult the "Help" menu.

Jack

Yeah -sounds like the ripple arrow. Mine is grey rather than black.

When you move, insert, shorten or lengthen an event, the arrow is Vegas telling you it has noted exactly how far you have moved/inserted, and if you want to Ripple everything, or just that track, to accomodate that move, it's a simple matter of Ctrl/Shift F, or just F for that Track alone. I have Ctrl/Shift F as a single button on Contour Shuttle pro and use it all the time.

As you do this (called Post Edit Ripple) the arrow will disappear.

If you have Auto Ripple on, which I do not recommend, the arrow will appear as you drag/add. then the ripple will happen as soon as you let go of what you were moving.

nope, ripple isnt on.

i checked, but no luck, that wasnt it

Okay, more description of your arrow please.

Is it horizontal or vertical?

Is it always the same length?

Which action is performed immediately before it appears?

Exactly where does it appear?

horizontal, length changes, when i drag certain video clips it appears. appears in "marker region" above main timeline.

In that case it is as I described earlier.

Try Hitting Ctrl / Shift F after the arrow appears. (You can always undo).

You will see all events to the right of the clip you dragged move by the length of the arrow. This is a (post edit) ripple.