Thank you, that's a workaround, anyhow; as for why they changed it, as my screen cap shows, there's still room for both stroke color and weight controls on the Move tool context toolbar--note there is no longer a ">>" pullout--so functionally speaking, they took them away and did not replace them with anything ... !
Having to switch from one set of controls (context toolbar) to two (toolbar + Character->Decorations) to accomplish the same tasks is extra clicks/keystrokes/time nobody's workflow needs; given that, it would be nice if we had the option to add back the stroke controls ourselves using the "View -> Customize Toolbar ..." menu.