Oh, and I wanted to mention that the tip described in comment #1 *does* still work, but the wording is ambiguous. The last few steps should go like this:
-click on layer 1 in the XML editor (this will select it)
-hold shift and click on the rect in the canvas, NOT the XML editor or it will deselect the layer
-object->clip->set
The same thing works for masks, BTW.
It's nice to have this as a last resort, but there really should be a proper UI for it.
Oh, and I wanted to mention that the tip described in comment #1 *does* still work, but the wording is ambiguous. The last few steps should go like this:
-click on layer 1 in the XML editor (this will select it)
-hold shift and click on the rect in the canvas, NOT the XML editor or it will deselect the layer
-object->clip->set
The same thing works for masks, BTW.
It's nice to have this as a last resort, but there really should be a proper UI for it.
Thanks!