Simple editing question please?

Cubase
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Cubase 5 , cubase 6 coming on monday,
Say I have a guitar track #1 , but on a diferent track # 2 , I just cut a 2 second piece and want to cltrl drag to constrain horizontal movement but just drag it to the guitar track #1 to rplace what is there with the new 2 second piece…
My little 2 second piece always jumps behind the track where I drug it to.

In my prefences I do not have delete overlaps checked as I do not want them deleted.
I also never use track lanes . I just want draging to land on top , not under

I searched the operation manual for “top” “drag” etc but can’t find the answer ?

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You could always right-click (or Ctrl+right-click) on the clip that is (wrongly) In Front, and use the Context Menu to send it to the back.

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It’s not quite that simple. You have cross fade issues to deal with. You really do need to make a cut. Copy the section into the cut. Crossfade. Then move and size.