Adjusting Volume Levels in Track Volume Editor Question

I have started to experiment with the track volume editor available in the track mixer ...
I set some graph points and adjusted the volume of a track in various areas ..
It all worked great ...
Then I noticed I did not have access to the track volume slider as it was dimmed out ...
With some good advice from hangtime I was able to undim the track volume slider .... but now I have not been able to progress from there ..
When I open the track volume editor of other tracks that have not been tampered with yet ... and move the track volume slider ... I can see the volume line move up and down ...
Now if I go back to the track that I have manipulated the volume ... and move the volume slider ... nothing happens to the volume line.
I am assuming that after you make adjustments in the volume editor you can no longer adjust the initial output line ... Is this correct ..? If so ... what is the point of undimming the blue button?
Also .. I'm kind of sure that I read somewhere that there is a key combination that will reset this volume line to unity .. at least that will let me start over again and give me access to the overall volume ...
Thanks for any help ....

Thanks for the reply ...
So you have to reset the line to enable the fader .... as I mentioned before .. isn't there a key command to do that .. rather than having to delete all the graph points ...?

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