Comment 4 for bug 1028505

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John Smith (john-smithi) wrote : Re: Fill/Stroke Opacity is incorrectly showing a selected gradient stop's alpha value

@suv, thanks for the detailed explanation on the svg opacity attributes.
So it seems with the current 2 opacity controls we cant have a "perfect" solution that covers all 3 svg opacity attributes for gradients.

Without adding any more UI that leaves at least 2 options for gradients

Gradient Option 1:
Opacity slider = svg object opacity
Alpha slider = svg stop-opacity

Gradient Option 2:
Opacity slider = svg object opacity when no stop selected, svg fill-opacity/stroke-opacity when stop selected
Alpha slider = svg stop-opacity

Option 2 covers all 3 attributes, but i wonder if it will be confusing to users ?

> What about the 'Opacity' value in the status bar?

a. Stop-opacity when stop selected, Object master opacity when no stop selected
b. Always Object master opacity

Both are valid - a. is convenient, b. is consistent ... I really dont mind.
Which do you prefer ?