diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs
index c98aeda12..870fd380d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs
@@ -1254,12 +1254,19 @@ fn crop_overlay(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Respons
     // with ⌘ held a drag draws a level line (the straighten crosshair, set above), not a rotation
     let straightening = !rotating && ui.input(|i| i.modifiers.command);
     if let Some(hq) = pointer.filter(|_| !straightening) {
-        let near = handles.iter().position(|h| h.distance(hq) < 12.0).filter(|_| !rotating);
+        // a move or resize drag keeps its pointer wherever it goes, even past the box
+        let held = match app.gesture {
+            Some(Gesture::CropHandle { handle, .. }) => Some(usize::from(handle)),
+            _ => None,
+        };
+        let near = held.or_else(|| handles.iter().position(|h| h.distance(hq) < 12.0)).filter(|_| !rotating);
         let cursor = match near {
             Some(0 | 2) => egui::CursorIcon::ResizeNwSe,
             Some(1 | 3) => egui::CursorIcon::ResizeNeSw,
             Some(4 | 6) => egui::CursorIcon::ResizeVertical,
-            Some(_) => egui::CursorIcon::ResizeHorizontal,
+            Some(5 | 7) => egui::CursorIcon::ResizeHorizontal,
+            // 8: the whole box
+            Some(_) => egui::CursorIcon::Move,
             None if inside(hq) && !rotating => egui::CursorIcon::Move,
             // a drag here rotates: no system cursor shows that, so draw a curved double arrow
             None => {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_crop_rotate.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_crop_rotate.rs
index b7dfc07cf..00178aa71 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_crop_rotate.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_crop_rotate.rs
@@ -283,3 +283,20 @@ fn leaving_the_angle_field_applies_the_angle() {
     assert!((angle(&h) - 4.5).abs() < 1e-9, "applied on leaving: {}", angle(&h));
     assert_eq!(h.app.session.undo.len(), undo + 1);
 }
+
+/// A move or resize drag keeps its own pointer when it runs past the box (the box stops at the
+/// photo's edge): the rotation glyph would say the drag rotates.
+#[test]
+fn moving_the_box_never_shows_rotation() {
+    let mut h = crop_tool();
+    let r = h.request(
+        "ui.pointer",
+        json!({"events": [{"kind": "down", "x": 0.5, "y": 0.5}, {"kind": "drag", "x": 0.8, "y": 0.5}, {"kind": "drag", "x": 1.2, "y": 0.5}]}),
+        T,
+    );
+    assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
+    h.settle(SETTLE);
+    assert_eq!(h.last_cursor, egui::CursorIcon::Move, "still moving");
+    assert!(!has(&h, "cropRotateCursor"));
+    assert_eq!(angle(&h), 0.0, "nothing rotated");
+}