CTRL-A does not 'SELECT ALL' in project X3 - CWBRN-23377

I'm seeing the same behavior in 8.5. Seems to be working as intended.
 
EDIT: Scratch that. I see 8.5 does select tracks when you Ctrl+A with focus on a bus. The behavior changed in X1. I think this was a necessary side-effect of implementing the oft-requested feature that the focus highlight move to the bus pane when selecting a bus. So I would still say it's working as intended, and not really a problem so long as you're aware of the change.
 
 

The Edit > Select > All command selects everything in all open views. Any action affects all selected objects.
I think this is what your looking for.
Only the open windows will be selected.(The window you are working in.)
 

We'll see what the bakers say. It would be nice to have an ini file option instead of being forced to accept work flow changes.

I experienced that last night. I pressed Select A as I always do and nothing became selected.

I found something that did work. I clicked on any track to make it selected, then pressed Select A and the Select All function worked as usual.

I agree something is tweaked in that regard in X3, never had an issue with it before. But the method I just mentioned works fine and I've been able to proceed just fine.

chuckebaby
I just double click on any track number (sometimes a triple click) will select all tracks.

But not busses. Either/or. Cheers...

I've been letting this thread take its course without further input because it really doesn't seem worth the attention being lavished on it. But I have to say it seems a little odd that anyone should be so inconvenienced by a change in "workflow" that is apparently so rarely used that it wasn't noticed during the first two years after the change. 
 
One "argument" for keeping the current functionality:
 
Being able to select all buses without selecting tracks allows you to use quick-grouping to do things like reset all panning to center, insert a send on all buses to (maybe after deselecting Master) to another hardware output, etc.
 
I have no doubt there are users out there that are taking advantage of the ability to select all buses or all tracks separately, and would be taken aback if it changed. And I wouldn't be surprised to find there are more in that boat than there are users who want to go back to pre-X1 functionality - if they care at all.

Guitarmech111
just because I post something does not mean I am 'so inconvenienced'.
 
I am not above changing my workflow. I have to with the 'X' series.

I would just like to understand why this is a good thing for some. If you fault me for that, oh well. I am just discussing it. sorry...

I think what irks some people is you often use thread titles that automatically assume something is a bug without investigating why the program responds the way it does. If a program works as intended but simply doesn't follow a particular workflow you like, it is not a bug and does not need a bug report filed. It is a feature request.

@Dave, np, as long as we can be civil about it. :-D

@Craig, Then let the bakers feedback to me and I will report their findings. If it will be a feature request, so be it. At least that will get me an official answer and I will move on.

Oops. Forgot that selecting none works like all for quick-grouping. Okay, scratch that. 

Thinking more about this while I am working with some track bouncing, selecting the TRACK\* option in the dropdown should set focus on the tracks since that is what is being processed or desired to be processed. The timeline is already set by the CTRL-A if the buss pane was the prior focus. Just thinking out loud here...