Comment 1 for bug 1440489

Could you please explain more verbosely what you would expect of a “a generally crop-tool” in a vector application like Inkscape?

The referenced bug refers to cropping bitmap images only (i.e. to a concept commonly used in raster graphics editors - vector-based editors crop non-destructively by clipping).

Destructive cropping of vector-based objects is a completely different subject (more related to features requested in other reports like a razor or knife tool (i.e. based on path operations), and far more complex due to the nature of vector-based objects.

"Native" (non-destructive) cropping of vector-based application already exists - it's called 'clipping' (see menu 'Object') .