As pointed out already, half track views do exist already at the bottom, besides one could always disable smooth scrolling when using such control surfaces if it’s really an issue (which I doubt it is, you could always snap to tracks when bank-scrolling). Besides, am I missing something or are there not only a few surfaces that do effectively scroll the editor, and isn’t that independent from banking ? To my understanding bank selection is a surface thing that doesn’t affect what’s shown in the GUI (track selection might if selected track is out of view, but that wouldn’t change with smooth scrolling anyway).
All surfaces scroll selected views into view. Both Editor and mixer. Ardour is also not REAPER, we try to have fewer preferences, not more…
And keep in mind that any additional option is source of bugs, particularly since it needs to be tested, and affects downstream projects as well.
By “selected views” do you mean “selected tracks/bus/etc” ? If so the option wouldn’t affect this at all. Anyway I get the larger vision thing, I’m still satisfied with how I used that free time :).
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My guess is the majority of users aren’t using such a control surface but would use smooth scrolling.
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PLEASE, GOD.
Probably correct on that. I have a home studio, and even I don’t (yet?) have a dedicated control surface.
I just want smooth scrolling mostly because I’m tired of the sudden, massive shifts in visuals when I’m incrementing through tracks/buses that aren’t the same height. Smooth(er) motion just feels more ‘natural’ to me. -Less jarring.
But, I can also understand @x42’s persistent critiques of this idea as well.
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Yup, i agree. We could be wrong, but not likely 
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Let us all do more trolling
to enjoy our smooth scrolling
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I mean, just like snap mode, alt scroll for smooth, otherwise stepped scrolling 
AMAZING. I love this. I love Ardour, it’s been my only DAW since 2009. I wasn’t when I started using Ardour, but I’m now blind in my left eye, losing my vision in my right, and pondering on the ability to do exactly what you describe with a local LLM as an agent. Five thousand stars.
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