Let's use this report to track the regression with the opacity slider in 'Fill and Stroke' - it might require a different fix than the current style indicator in the status bar (bug #1314208).
Confirming (reproduced with Inkscape 0.91 r13725 and 0.91+devel r14159 on OS X 10.7.5) that the opacity slider in 'Fill and Stroke' does not update to the correct value of the current selection on tool switch, after having selected a gradient stop with the gradient tool, or any other tool which has gradient editing enabled.
Let's use this report to track the regression with the opacity slider in 'Fill and Stroke' - it might require a different fix than the current style indicator in the status bar (bug #1314208).
Confirming (reproduced with Inkscape 0.91 r13725 and 0.91+devel r14159 on OS X 10.7.5) that the opacity slider in 'Fill and Stroke' does not update to the correct value of the current selection on tool switch, after having selected a gradient stop with the gradient tool, or any other tool which has gradient editing enabled.