diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index e7f5a92eee..44643311a3 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -3857,9 +3857,13 @@ pub fn commit_polygon(app: &mut PhotocraftApp) {
 /// Apply the crop tool's rectangle.
 pub fn commit_crop(app: &mut PhotocraftApp) {
     let Some(r) = app.ui.crop_rect.take() else { return };
-    // The untouched default frame crops nothing (Photoshop's ↵ on it does nothing).
+    // The untouched default frame around the whole canvas crops nothing (Photoshop's ↵ on it does
+    // nothing); one framing the selection's bounds crops to them (#1789).
     if std::mem::take(&mut app.crop.default_frame) {
-        return;
+        let whole = app.session.active().map(|st| st.doc.bounds()).map(|b| [f64::from(b.x0), f64::from(b.y0), f64::from(b.x1), f64::from(b.y1)]);
+        if whole.is_none_or(|b| b == r) {
+            return;
+        }
     }
     let (x, y) = (r[0].round(), r[1].round());
     let (w, h) = ((r[2] - r[0]).round().max(1.0), (r[3] - r[1]).round().max(1.0));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/crop_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/crop_ui.rs
index 19062f3b8e..438ab6bf59 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/crop_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/crop_ui.rs
@@ -375,6 +375,29 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(app.ui.crop_rect, None);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn enter_on_the_selection_frame_crops_to_it_at_8_and_16_bit() {
+        // #1789: selection, C, ↵ did nothing, as the untouched frame was always treated as a no-op.
+        for depth in [SampleType::U8, SampleType::U16] {
+            let mut app = app(depth);
+            app.run("select.rect", json!({"x": 10, "y": 20, "width": 30, "height": 40})).unwrap();
+            ensure_frame(&mut app);
+            assert_eq!(app.ui.crop_rect, Some([10.0, 20.0, 40.0, 60.0]));
+            crate::canvas::commit_crop(&mut app);
+            let doc = &app.session.active().unwrap().doc;
+            assert_eq!(doc.size, Size::new(30, 40), "{depth:?}");
+            assert_eq!(doc.depth, depth);
+            assert!(doc.selection.is_none(), "cropping to the selection deselects, as in Photoshop");
+            // The new default frame is the whole (cropped) canvas: ↵ on it does nothing.
+            ensure_frame(&mut app);
+            assert_eq!(app.ui.crop_rect, Some([0.0, 0.0, 30.0, 40.0]));
+            let steps = app.session.active().unwrap().history.past_len();
+            crate::canvas::commit_crop(&mut app);
+            let st = app.session.active().unwrap();
+            assert_eq!((st.doc.size, st.history.past_len()), (Size::new(30, 40), steps), "{depth:?}");
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn the_frame_is_edited_from_a_press_until_commit_cancel_or_another_tool() {
         let mut app = app(SampleType::U8);