diff --git a/ui/modes.js b/ui/modes.js
index ddf7653f..cc8fc368 100755
--- a/ui/modes.js
+++ b/ui/modes.js
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ var toggleSingleRibbonMode = makeCropModeToggler(
 		})
 
 
-var toggleCurrenAndAboveRibbonsMode = makeCropModeToggler(
-		'current-and-above-ribbons-mode',
+function makeCurrenAndAboveModeToggler(name, keep_ribbons){
+	return makeCropModeToggler(
+		name,
 		function(){
 				var gids = []
 				var c = getRibbonIndex()
@@ -194,8 +195,11 @@ var toggleCurrenAndAboveRibbonsMode = makeCropModeToggler(
 				gids.sort(imageOrderCmp)
 
 				// do the crop...
-				cropDataTo(gids)
+				cropDataTo(gids, keep_ribbons)
 		})
+}
+var toggleCurrenAndAboveRibbonMode = makeCurrenAndAboveModeToggler('current-and-above-ribbon-mode')
+var toggleCurrenAndAboveRibbonsMode = makeCurrenAndAboveModeToggler('current-and-above-ribbons-mode', true)
 
 
 // TODO transitions...
diff --git a/ui/ui.js b/ui/ui.js
index 0e8fc065..af1739d3 100755
--- a/ui/ui.js
+++ b/ui/ui.js
@@ -1065,7 +1065,8 @@ function cropImagesDialog(){
 		'Marked images', 
 		'Marked images (keep ribbons)', 
 		'Current ribbon', 
-		'Current ribbon and above'
+		'Current ribbon and above',
+		'Current ribbon and above (keep ribbons)'
 	]
 
 	formDialog(null, '', 
@@ -1075,18 +1076,21 @@ function cropImagesDialog(){
 		.done(function(res){
 			res = res[alg]
 
-			// NOTE: this must be before the "simpler" text version...
+			// NOTE: these must be in order of least-specific last...
 			if(/Marked.*keep ribbons/i.test(res)){
 				var method = toggleMarkedOnlyWithRibbonsView
 
 			} else if(/Marked/i.test(res)){
 				var method = toggleMarkedOnlyView
 
-			} else if(/Current ribbon/i.test(res)){
-				var method = toggleSingleRibbonMode
+			} else if(/Current ribbon and above.*keep ribbons/i.test(res)){
+				var method = toggleCurrenAndAboveRibbonsMode
 
 			} else if(/Current ribbon and above/i.test(res)){
-				var method = toggleCurrenAndAboveRibbonsMode
+				var method = toggleCurrenAndAboveRibbonMode
+
+			} else if(/Current ribbon/i.test(res)){
+				var method = toggleSingleRibbonMode
 			}
 
 			showStatusQ('Cropped: '+res+'...')