Default Alt+Wheel zoom behaves differently in Composition window in v25.3.0

Hi John, perhaps I'm best able to help as I'm facing the same frustration. Essentially this is a problem which is mostly hurting users of the Apple Magic Mouse due to the fairly unique way the mouse was/is able to both pan and scroll. I think what people are finding is they miss the way AE could scroll exactly like Photoshop does currently. I.e. The magic mouse (via touch) is able to pan and scroll normally, but be holding down alt on the keyboard - this changes to zoom.

Photoshop currently works with my magic mouse exactly how I would like AE to work, but alas i'm having to pick between the Pan or Zoom by default, which is massively annoying and has changed the way I work. I really, really hope Adobe can sort this. 

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Understood. Thanks for the update @JohnColombo17100380 

@Ferenc27960687ri8b The Behavior preference indicates the zoom center behavior without any modifier keys held down—if Alt/Option is held, the behavior toggles to the unselected option. E.g. If you set Behavior to "Centered", then hold Alt/Option while scrolling, you will see the "Follow cursor" behavior. The opposite will be true if Behavior is set to "Follow cursor".

@Same Page James We are investigating the best course of action, but no updates yet. Given that we aren't able to recreate the described behavior (using scroll with a Magic Mouse to pan the view by default) in any older versions, it's not fully clear what the behavior should be across the broader range of input devices (trackpads, pens, touch, etc).

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

@Same Page James I've read all the replies and I only saw people trying different settings for the trackpad scrolling setting. But since you're still having this problem I think you already tried the two behaviour settings?

@Ferenc27960687ri8b Thanks but I feel like maybe you haven't read all the replies - we've discussed what you have said here earlier in this thread, the problem is persisting.
Any update on this @JohnColombo17100380 ?

Hi @Wilson5E7C,

What @JohnColombo17100380 works, but the naming is exactly the opposite of what you would expect. If you want the old behaviour of zooming that follows the cursor, you have to select "Centered" in the section for Magnification. The default for this setting is "Follow Cursor". But in this case the zooming is centered. So the naming seems to be reversed.

@Same Page James @JohnColombo17100380 yes - exactly this. The timeline in AE does respomd this way, so it's very strange to be adopting one behaviour for that window and another for the preview. 

Hello again  @JohnColombo17100380 
Sadly, I don't think it will help going back through past instances of AE to replicate the behaviour, that was the first thing I tried and ever since this update was rolled out it affected ALL past versions of AE. I am aware that this sounds crazy but it is true, and explains why you are unable to replicate the behaviour.
The best way I can explain the desired behaviour is - Open Illustrator - does the magic mouse PAN when scrolled and then ZOOM when OPT/scrolled? That is the behaviour I am looking for in the composition window of AE.
Another thing to point out is that this behaviour has actually persisted in the TIMELINE window in AE. It's only disappeared in the Composition window. 
This whole thing is very bizarre, and more so because I'm certain this was the default setting for AE and you yourself, an Adobe employee can not only not replicate it, but seem to be completely unaware of its prior existence!
Does this make sense? 

Thank you for that screenshot, @lanna_2250. I'm currently testing using the older 24.6 version of AE, so before the new Magnification settings in the Preview section of the preferences was introduced. I've checked that my mouse settings are the same as the ones you've shared, but scrolling on my Magic Mouse still zooms to the composition center in After Effects 2024.

- John, After Effects Engineering Team