Hi wondering why the volume and pan controls are not showing up the DAW for automation? Seems like an oversight. These controls should be selectable in Ableton or Bitwig for automation or modulation.
This was fixed in latest update to Kontakt 8
Volume and pan for instruments are not assignable. I will forward this as a feature request.
I have a little more info to share. Improvements on MIDI implementation with the new view are in the works, your suggestion was added in there.