I would like that, when the automation view is zoomed (id est: doesn’t show an entire pattern or more than one pattern at a time) and pattern following is on, the view scrolls following the current playing line; the current line should be kept at about one third left of the view, giving a good overlook of what is following the currently playing line
+1
dont know why i have missed this,a big +1
sure +1
yesterday i tried using automation on multiple patterns in 2.7b2 for the first time, and i completely agree with your suggestion.
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Absolutely necessary
shamey bump 
Suggested this long time ago.
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Would be very handy.