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2013/10/20 08:54:50
Boydie
Hi All

Is anyone else getting this behaviour when using the scroll zoom (eg Alt + Mouse wheel)

If I am zoomed in on a track further down the screen (eg track 20) and try to zoom out using the mouse scroll wheel the screen jumps to the first track so I have to zoom out and then move down again

I am sure this should be just zooming out from where I am working?

Is anyone else getting this or is there a change in method I am not aware of?

Fanks
2013/10/20 10:03:23
icontakt
Which did you choose in Track View > Options > Mouse Wheel Zoom Options?
"On Active Track" or "At Cursor"?
 
2013/10/20 10:49:53
Boydie
Just tried all of the options and it is still doing the same thing?
 
It jumps to the top of the track list when using "Alt + scroll wheel on mouse" regardless of setting!?!?!?
 
Drag zooming on the timeline is working fine - it is just the "mouse zoom"
 
Anyone else getting this?
2013/10/20 11:13:00
icontakt
Hmm.....I changed the options and tried to recreate your issue, but it works fine here (I'm using X3 base version btw).
2013/10/20 12:53:25
Boydie
Thanks for the suggestions JLIEN X but still no joy this end
 
I am using X3 Producer and have tried this on new projects and existing ones and am getting the same (wrong?) behaviour!?!?
 
I have just tried exactly the same thing in X2 Producer and it works perfectly!?!?!
 
The settings under "Track View > Options > Mouse Wheel Zoom Options" are identical in both X2 and X3 (zoom at cursor) but in X3 whenever I zoom within the Track View the screen jumps to the top
 
UPDATE:
 
I have now found that if I use the ZOOM tool (press Z and then click on a clip) the screen scrolls to the BOTTOM of the track view!?!?!
 
This is some very strange zoom behaviour!
 
Any ideas as this is wrecking my workflow?
2013/10/21 11:41:51
Boydie
If anyone has a chance could they quickly try the following for me:
 
load up a project with a good number of tracks
 
Scroll down in the track view so that the first few tracks can't be seen on the screen
 
Now "ALT + Mouse Scroll Wheel" zoom into one of your tracks lower down in the track view
 
Does the Track View shoot back to the top (ie showing Track 1)?
 
If my first track is not showing on the screen I am getting this "shooting back to the top of the Track View" behaviour
 
If the first track is in view on the screen then it appears to work fine!?!?!??!
 
As soon as my first track moves off the screen the "ALT + Mouse Scroll Wheel" zoom moves the screen to get the first track back in view
 
I have tried all of the MOUSE WHEEL ZOOM OPTIONS but none seem to make a difference to this behaviour
 
I am on X3 Producer
 
It is driving me nuts!!
 
TIA
2013/10/21 13:51:50
brundlefly
Yes, I can confirm that vertical zoom with the mouse wheel jumps the view to track 1 and vertically zooms that track in X3 regardless of zoom options settings, and that this was not a problem in X2. Looks like a bug to me.
2013/10/21 14:11:36
Dan Gonzalez [Cakewalk]
Confirmed on my end here.  I will ask the team about it now.
Thanks!
-DG
2013/10/21 19:17:15
Boydie
Thanks DAN
 
At least it isn't me going mad or an issue with my system!!!
 
I would appreciate any feedback you can gather as this was an important part of my workflow
 
 - and thanks to BRUNDLEFLY for checking
 
It is interesting that JLIEN X is not seeing the issue on the "base" version of X3?
2013/10/22 08:18:20
icontakt
.......I didn't realize "a track further down the screen" means a track currently not visible in the screen.......my English learning journey continues..... 
Oh, yes, I've confirmed the issue in the base version too. Hope this will be fixed in X3d.
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