Gregkonji
I've changed the option from "All Strips" to "Track view" and unlike yours, mine still jumps. However like you said, having the Console view loaded is another work around.

 
Sorry if my explanations weren't clear. The (intended) jumping behavior I presented occurs:
 
1. even when the Console view is loaded and the first track is put in a track folder
2. when at least one controller/surface is registered in Preferences Control Surfaces page and the "Track View" option is selected under Control Strips Visible in."

I still think it's a bug. In what way does this help me as a user? I don't have a control surface registered and it jumps till I either have the console view up or if the first tracks are in a folder.
I'm glad I came on this forum to find a work around and thank you for your help. I was about to jump ship to another DAW. I've been with Sonar for over a decade but it's stuff like this that's never addressed that makes my blood boil.

Yes, I too think that's a bug. When I read the original post, I totally forgot about the issue (which SquirBum discovered last year) and was only thinking about the one that happens according to the setting in Preferences' Control Surfaces page (which isn't a bug). 
 
So, I suggest you report it via Problem Reporter. When the issue was discovered and confirmed by users last year, no one in the thread (including me) reported it to CW. I always have CV loaded and always put tracks into folders, so I didn't care about the issue.

 
 
Yes - the same issue with slightly different contributing factors and workaround icontakt. I thought it was reported previously,  but I could be wrong. 

I don't know if this is related, but recently I have the same problem when using ctrl/page up and ctrl/page down to skip measures. The measures are skipped, but sometimes it will also change to the top track. Sorry if this is not a related condition to the OP.