Can't pan the stage canvas to the left when zooming out

So, here is an update on how it behaves right now. You can place anything (shape, symbol, group) on the far bottom right corner of the pasteboard, if you zoom all the way out. Then, if you zoom in all the way and then zoom out a few times (this step is important to test this limitation), you can freely pan around the canvas in any direction without any limitations. And you can even lock the layer with the object placed on the bottom right corner and still have the same positive effect. 

But the moment you create a new symbol or a group on the main timeline (or anywhere else, where there isn’t anything on the bottom right corner) and you enter it, and you zoom in all the way and zoom out again a few times, then it ignores the object in the bottom right corner, because it is on the main timeline. So, as a result, the canvas panning constraint is back. So the primitive workaround could be to keep creating these objects on the bottom right corner, no matter where you are. But you see, how tedious it can become in the long run.

Sometimes, when you have your GUI elements set up in a certain way, or just prefer a certain workflow, it’s more convenient to be able to move your entire canvas further in a certain direction, but this limitation sure makes it annoying.

If anything, it sounds like a bug to me that was never addressed or fixed. In my opinion, it’s Adobe’s duty to have this fixed.  

I’ve noticed this behavior as well. It does seem unnecessarily restrictive when panning the stage at lower zoom levels. If the canvas can become freely movable after drawing outside the stage, it seems like the initial panning limit may be a viewport/design limitation rather than an intentional workflow. Hopefully Adobe can improve this so the stage can be panned freely regardless of whether there are objects outside it.

there are limits to everything in animate.