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Yeah, I hear you. I would actually prefer both. (I actually thought I posted about this earlier but I don't see it. Believe it or not, I actually edit and chop stuff out of my rambling, discursive posts. Imagine.)
If it's any consolation (and it may be marginal consolation, at that), the version of Sonar I use (two versions back on SP6, from 2006) has the same balance-type control on stereo tracks. (I think they may have given some more options subsequently, but not sure, at all.) There are six different pan law variations -- but it's not quite the same thing, of course.
My memory's hazy about how CW/Sonar introduced stereo channels. I'm not sure but I feel like I remember a version or two that had pans for each channel. But a pan without a balance control/level for each channel is also problematic. At some point, when the current system came into place, I remember I was simultaneously relieved and disappointed when they ended up with a balance-type control instead. I would want some form of both: control the level of each side and its pan location.
I either split a track into two monos (and use bus effects where stereo effects are appropriate) or use something like the (free) Moneo plug [may be Win-only but there are others] which allows you to control pan and balance separately (using a 2 dimensional graphic interface); with the plug, you can follow-on with stereo fx in the track insert.
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