From 22d25799648c3ec2df74d7055c912db33d7c5110 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: webadderall <131426131+webadderall@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 17:54:45 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Keep new zoom regions in automatic tracking mode

---
 src/components/video-editor/hooks/useZoomRegionCommands.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/hooks/useZoomRegionCommands.ts b/src/components/video-editor/hooks/useZoomRegionCommands.ts
index 1d6d3b64..0fadb578 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/hooks/useZoomRegionCommands.ts
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/hooks/useZoomRegionCommands.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ export function useZoomRegionCommands({
 				endMs: Math.round(span.end),
 				depth,
 				focus: clampFocusToDepth({ cx: 0.5, cy: 0.5 }, depth),
-				mode: "manual",
+				// Mode describes camera tracking behavior, not how the region was created.
+				mode: "auto",
 			};
 			markFreshRecordingSuggestion();
 			setZoomRegions((current) => [...current, newRegion]);