Can't undo mute track

[SamVimes78]

I'm just exporting clean feed versions of some older videos. For that i hide all tracks i don't need and also mute some audio tracks. After video is exported i want to undo all changes to the timeline (ctrl-z). It works for everything except the muted audio tracks. I have to manually unmute the audio tracks to restore the original edit. Am i missing something? Why does undo not work for muting/unmuting audio tracks?

[Jeff Bugbee]

You can only undo changes to the "project" but not changes to the "interface." For example, if you were to close your Program monitor, CTRL-Z would not bring it back. For whatever reason, muting/unmuting audio tracks is considered an "interface" change and as such, is not affected by the Undo functionality.

[SamVimes78]

Hiding a video track is considered a project change but muting an audio track is considered an interface change? Even if the buttons for both actions are right below each other?

Makes perfect sense... NOT!

You can even add keyframes for mute/unmute. It's NOT an interface change by any definition a user would make.

[Jeff Bugbee]

Feel free to use the UserVoice site to suggest a change.

https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro

[SamVimes78]

I can think of so many arguments why it is by no means an "interface" change.

For example: A muted audio track isn't present in an exported video. Why does an "interface" change affect that?

[Peru Bob]

As Jeff said, 

Feel free to use the UserVoice site to suggest a change.

https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro

[SamVimes78]

Already did.

I just can't wrap my mind around the concept of calling it an interface change. None of my colleagues was able to come up with an explanation for it (at least none that didn't sound hilarious).

[Jeff Bugbee]

It has been this way since at least 2003 (when I first started using Premiere). My proposed explanations are either:

• It's been this way for a long time, people are used to it, it's technically not broken, therefore there's no need to change it
• Changing how the interface works is far more difficult than we imagine and would require extensive code re-writes in order to implement this change

None of your colleagues could think up these decidedly non-hilarious and totally rational justifications?

[SamVimes78]

I posted a request to change this behaviour in the Adobe Premiere Pro feedback page:

https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro/suggestions/43702998-make-mute-audio-tr...