It's good that it holds the aspect ratio of the image also - very clever.
Some thinking stuff.
You can change the aspect ratio by changing the print size (4 x 6 print is 3:2) and an 8 x 10 print is 5:4.
My camera shoots a 3:2 image, and likely yours does too.
So, if I am printing an 8 x 10, If I have the crop scissor off, my aspect ratio is 3:2. If I turn on auto crop, my aspect ratio becomes 5:4...
So if you crop your print using the Page Editor way (Small image in the little box and drag it around), or this new way, Qimage will remember it for that size ratio. The purpose being.... should you decide you need another two prints next week for grandma, they will be cropped identically and no guesswork.
One last comment.... I generally would crop my "IMAGES" in the image editor. I learned to do it that way when Qimage was a baby.
The image is cropped... No matter what size print I make (scissor off) all have the same crop.
On the downside, my odd size crop might look great on an 8 x 10, but turns to drek on a 5 x 7. A very poor ratio match.
Then I have to revise the image crop, and to preseve the 8 x 10, I have to make a second copy of the image with a different crop.
I have been weaning off the image crop. It is easier in 95% of the time to do print crop.
You have really not changed or spoiled anything. One click on the red X (see screen snaps below) and all is back to normal as before. you cropped.
Hope someone got a little insight into how much is silently built into Qimage, courtesy of Mike.
Fred