You can already almost change parameters on the fly from firmware 2.1 by push and turn the encoder on any parameter control in module view. But, indeed, you must click on the module first when in patch view. You don’t have to open the parameters menu though.
And, yes! The lack of those led feedback on these buttons (We’re NOT speaking about the expander) is really annoying, since the count modula stuff really rocks. Especially on the sequencers.