How do I disable snapping?

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So I thought that to disable snapping you just hold shift but when I hold shift while cropping a clip on the timeline the clip doesn't crop. Instead it goes the cropped distance under the clip in front of it. any suggestions?

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Instead it goes the cropped distance under the clip in front of it.

It's not clear what you mean by this.

On the time line, if the right edge of a clip is dragged to the left, the clip will be shortened.  No <shift> required.  A ] bracket with two opposing arrows will appear at the cursor when clicking.  If <shift> is held down while doing this, a gap will be left between the clip being shortened and the clip that follows.

If you want to leave a gap when a clip is dragged from its left edge to the right, hold down <alt> while dragging. A [ bracket with opposing arrows will appear at the cursor when clicking.)