Closing as 'Fix Released': the issue as originally reported (for Inkscape 0.46) was addressed in Inkscape 0.47 (select tool controls bar uses the user-specified bounding box type).
For the other issues related to the visual/geometric bbox setting added in later comments, please subscribe to the bug reports mentioned earlier, or file a new report against the latest stable release.
Closing as 'Fix Released': the issue as originally reported (for Inkscape 0.46) was addressed in Inkscape 0.47 (select tool controls bar uses the user-specified bounding box type).
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For the other issues related to the visual/geometric bbox setting added in later comments, please subscribe to the bug reports mentioned earlier, or file a new report against the latest stable release.