Editing an Illustrator Gradient (CS5 vs. CS6)

Since I routinely edit gradients in Illustrator you can imagine my frustration when I realized the latest version of the program has lost one of its editing features. Here's a little video explaining the issue. There are several other ways to accomplish the task, but none as painless as the one lost with the upgrade to CS6. To Adobe's credit, they have acknowledged to problem and promise to consider fixing it it a future release.