Josh Andler wrote:
And in addition to that, the O: label changing to A: in the statusbar would help to clarify the context change for that, right?
But is using the Opacity slider an improvement over using the Alpha colour picker?
I agree that if "Master Opacity" is going to be used to control the opacity of a colour stop then it shouldn't be called "Master" anymore. But what advantage does the Opacity slider offer? It seems like a step backwards to abondon a colour picker that lets you see how transparent it will appear.
It's argued that Opacity makes more sense for colour stops because they are objects. But in my mind they are... stops... of colour - sorry, can't explain it better. I have no concept that they are an object and that should be treated like an object. To me they are just colour and Inkscape has always used RGBA when refering to colour.
If Alpha is going to abondoned for Opacity then the Alpha colour selector has to disappear when a stop is selected. Having it there is only going to cause confusion.