No, that’s not possible. In Renoise only sliders can be controlled via keyboard sliders/knobs/pitch bend. This is done with the Remote Mapper located to the right. Look in the manual for more details…
If you don’t use the Remote Mapper, sliders changes will be recorded as MIDI controllers into the effect row if edit is on. If you use it the slider changes will be recorded as automation instead. On most VSTis you can also change patch with the program change buttons, but the program name is not updated in Renoise it seems…
Q: “When will feature X be added?”
A1: “Just wait and see.”
or A2: “When we decide to implement it”.
I think it should be obvious by now (for anyone who
actually reads post at this forum) that we DO NOT answer
such questions. If we have a statement about an upcoming
feature, we’ll tell you all.