Well OK ... perfect hit, guys! You see it is a tool I use very infrequently.
Two remarks: - current behaviour of the fill and stroke editor is imho contra-intuitive as when selecting gradients and modifying them in this dialog, I expect Inkscape to switch to the gradient tool (when dropping the old editor, this problem should be gone, no?) - the gradient tool is not discussed in the tutorials delivered along with inkscape. For such an important tool I (and quite probably a novice user) expect an example or discussion in one of these tutorials ...
2012/6/19 Josh Andler <scislac@...400...>:
Am I overlooking something? (read: Am I blind?) See screenshot in attach (View > "Show/Hide > everything enabled) ... Trunk revision 11500.
Yes you're overlooking something... that you're not in the right tool. ;) Hit G to change to the gradient tool (or click the expansion arrow in the toolbox and change that way).
Cheers, Josh