Comment 2 for bug 365458

ScislaC, if I understand what the original reporter is pointing out, the problem is that the phantom objects are getting in the way of selecting visible objects in the phantom object's path. I believe the original reporter is forced to select phantom objects because of this bug.

This issue really drives me crazy sometimes too. Let me try to explain it in more detail so it's clear what's going on:

1) Say I have a 1024x768 image and I want to use just one smaller element in it (let's say the smaller element is 200x200.) I create a 200x200 rectangle, and clip the 1024x768 image using it so now only the 200x200 clip of the larger image is visible.

2) If I then try to select a 100x100 object outside of the 200x200 clipping area AND within the non-visible area the 1024x768 image *would* be were it not clipped, it still selects that 200x200 clipping.

3) If I try to then revert to rubber-band selecting the 100x100 object of my desire, I need to scroll way out of the way of the invisible, 'phantom' 1024x768 object just to be able to get a clean swath of canvas from which to start dragging from to create my rubber band.

I believe the idea behavior is that if I have a 1024x768 object clipped by a 200x200 rectangle such that only the 200x200 rectangle's worth of the 1024x768 object is visible, then only the 200x200 visible area should be selectable. The area of the 1024x768 outside of that visible 200x200 clipping should not be selectable.