Thanks for adding some humor rather than just pointing (the finger) at the obvious brain cramp.
Also interesting that now - as you point out - no longer need the page editor to do these crops, and as of 2018.115 no longer need it for soft proof - which I do now and then. Still need it I guess for the HQ preview.
Mel, I am too old for brain cramps. I used to get them along with a brain freeze at times.
Now, I consistently walk into a room, stop, and wonder why.
Those are brain farts.
On the Print cropping, I still am more comfortable with the little box in the Page editor screen.
I use it often when I try to construct a round DVD label from a rectangular cover or poster. I move the little image around trying to visualize a round print surface trying to get as much centered as possible.
I drag, and can see the large one on the left move too. I guess I am used to that.
The other (new) print crop feature is slightly different although the results are the same.
Instead of moving the image around inside the box, with the new cropper, you move the box around over the image.
Stay well.
Fred