Automation zoom bug

Oddly enough the only way i can reproduce this issue as you describe it... is if I hit the A and Z keys at the same time.... as the Z key is the one that turns on Zoom...

So.. Maybe there are two possibilities..

1) You have somehow assigned the A key to both Automation and Zoom..... Check your Key Commands...

2) When you press the A key you are also pressing the Z key.... or somehow the two keys are physically connected together.. (maybe some dirt between the keys...? )

Otherwise I cannot recreate the issue under 10.1 and 10.10.2

Time to trash your preferences i think....

Delete both the Main prefs and the CS prefs as per these instructions..

Delete the user preferences

You can resolve many issues by restoring Logic Pro X back to its original settings. This will not impact your media files. To reset your Logic Pro X user preference settings to their original state, do the following:

1. Quit Logic Pro
2. In the Finder, choose Go to Folder from the Go menu.
3. Type ~/Library/Preferences in the "Go to the folder" field.
4. Press the Go button.
5. Remove the com.apple.logic10.plist file from the Preferences folder. Note that if you have programmed any custom key commands, this will reset them to the defaults. You may wish to export your custom key command as a preset before performing this step. See the Logic Pro X User Manual for details on how to do this. If you are having trouble with a control surface in Logic Pro X, then you may also wish to delete the com.apple.logic.pro.cs file from the preferences folder.
6. If you have upgraded from an earlier version of Logic Pro, you should also remove ~/Library/Preferences/Logic/com.apple.logic.pro.
7. Restart the computer.

Note: If you cannot find either of these files then you didn't follow the instructions exactly as written 🙂

Go to Logic Pro X menu bar....

Logic Pro X > Key Commands > Presets and make sure the correct Key Command preset is selected.

Some people (including myself) found that the new Pro Tools set was selected.

Change to US or whatever country suits your situation

Blues2

You appear to be running Logic Pro X in 'GarageBand Pro' mode

Go to Logic Pro X's preferences > Advanced Tools and turn them all on.......

Now Logic Pro X will work in the full LPX Pro mode and the missing options should appear under that menu...

Mine zooms vertically a little because it has to so you can get full movement when setting points in Automation.. and so you see the Automation controls in the track header but it's not as drastic as yours....

Before Pressing A

After...

What i don't see is that huge Piano icon like in your shot but maybe that was Because you were in GB mode?

Try a new Project now you are in LPX Mode...

I have exactly the same problem since I upgraded to Logic 10.1.

It's very annoying.

Before, when I hit the A key, the selected track zoomed in to edit automation.

Now, in Logic 10.1, when I hit the A key, there is no zoom, but in each track I can see an yellow box that toggles between "Region" and "Track" automation.

Then, when I hit the A key again, the yellow boxes disappear and all tracks are zoomed in, without the possibility to edit automation!

It's very confusing!

Solved!!

Thank you so much!

You need to press CTRL-Z to toggle autozoom so that when you press A you get zoomed in to the "all track" automation.