diff --git a/frontend/ui/bbox.lua b/frontend/ui/bbox.lua
index 0cfd7bd07..41ce3a7f1 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/bbox.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/bbox.lua
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ BBoxWidget = InputContainer:new{
 }
 
 function BBoxWidget:init()
+	self.page_bbox = self.document:getPageBBox(self.view.state.page)
+	--DEBUG("used page bbox on page", self.view.state.page, self.page_bbox)
 	if Device:isTouchDevice() then
 		self.ges_events = {
 			AdjustCrop = {
@@ -68,9 +70,9 @@ end
 -- transform page bbox to screen bbox
 function BBoxWidget:page_to_screen()
 	local bbox = {}
-	local scale = self.crop.zoom
-	local screen_offset = self.crop.screen_offset
-	DEBUG("screen offset in page_to_screen", screen_offset)
+	local scale = self.view.state.zoom
+	local screen_offset = self.view.state.offset
+	--DEBUG("screen offset in page_to_screen", screen_offset)
 	bbox.x0 = self.page_bbox.x0 * scale + screen_offset.x
 	bbox.y0 = self.page_bbox.y0 * scale + screen_offset.y
 	bbox.x1 = self.page_bbox.x1 * scale + screen_offset.x
@@ -81,9 +83,9 @@ end
 -- transform screen bbox to page bbox
 function BBoxWidget:screen_to_page()
 	local bbox = {}
-	local scale = self.crop.zoom
-	local screen_offset = self.crop.screen_offset
-	DEBUG("screen offset in screen_to_page", screen_offset)
+	local scale = self.view.state.zoom
+	local screen_offset = self.view.state.offset
+	--DEBUG("screen offset in screen_to_page", screen_offset)
 	bbox.x0 = (self.screen_bbox.x0 - screen_offset.x) / scale
 	bbox.y0 = (self.screen_bbox.y0 - screen_offset.y) / scale
 	bbox.x1 = (self.screen_bbox.x1 - screen_offset.x) / scale
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ function BBoxWidget:screen_to_page()
 end
 
 function BBoxWidget:onAdjustCrop(arg, ges)
-	DEBUG("adjusting crop bbox with pos", ges.pos)
+	--DEBUG("adjusting crop bbox with pos", ges.pos)
 	local bbox = self.screen_bbox
 	local upper_left = Geom:new{ x = bbox.x0, y = bbox.y0}
 	local upper_right = Geom:new{ x = bbox.x1, y = bbox.y0}
@@ -125,16 +127,13 @@ function BBoxWidget:onAdjustCrop(arg, ges)
 end
 
 function BBoxWidget:onConfirmCrop()
-	self.page_bbox = self:screen_to_page()
-	--DEBUG("new bbox", self.page_bbox)
-	UIManager:close(self)
-	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("BBoxUpdate"), self.page_bbox)
-	self.document.bbox[self.pageno] = self.page_bbox
-	self.document.bbox[math.oddEven(self.pageno)] = self.page_bbox
-	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("ExitPageCrop", true))
+	local new_bbox = self:screen_to_page()
+	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("ConfirmPageCrop", new_bbox))
+	return true
 end
 
 function BBoxWidget:onCancelCrop()
-	UIManager:close(self)
-	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("ExitPageCrop"))
+	UIManager:close(self.crop_bbox)
+	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("CancelPageCrop"))
+	return true
 end
diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readercropping.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readercropping.lua
index 734052f3c..093bc30b1 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readercropping.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readercropping.lua
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ ReaderCropping = InputContainer:new{}
 
 function ReaderCropping:onPageCrop(mode)
 	if mode == "auto" then return end
-	self.orig_reflow_mode = self.document.configurable.text_wrap
 	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("CloseConfig"))
-	self.cropping_offset = true
+	-- backup original zoom mode as cropping use "page" zoom mode
+	self.orig_zoom_mode = self.view.zoom_mode
+	-- backup original reflow mode as cropping use non-reflow mode
+	self.orig_reflow_mode = self.document.configurable.text_wrap
 	if self.orig_reflow_mode == 1 then
 		self.document.configurable.text_wrap = 0
 		-- if we are in reflow mode, then we are already in page
@@ -15,24 +17,38 @@ function ReaderCropping:onPageCrop(mode)
 	else
 		self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", "page", "cropping"))
 	end
-	local ubbox = self.document:getPageBBox(self.current_page)
-	--DEBUG("used page bbox", ubbox)
 	self.crop_bbox = BBoxWidget:new{
-		page_bbox = ubbox,
 		ui = self.ui,
-		crop = self,
+		view = self.view,
 		document = self.document,
-		pageno = self.current_page,
 	}
 	UIManager:show(self.crop_bbox)
 	return true
 end
 
-function ReaderCropping:onExitPageCrop(confirmed)
+function ReaderCropping:onConfirmPageCrop(new_bbox)
+	--DEBUG("new bbox", new_bbox)
+	UIManager:close(self.crop_bbox)
+	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("BBoxUpdate"), new_bbox)
+	local pageno = self.view.state.page
+	self.document.bbox[pageno] = new_bbox
+	self.document.bbox[math.oddEven(pageno)] = new_bbox
+	self:exitPageCrop(true)
+	return true
+end
+
+function ReaderCropping:onCancelPageCrop()
+	UIManager:close(self.crop_bbox)
+	self:exitPageCrop(false)
+	return true
+end
+
+function ReaderCropping:exitPageCrop(confirmed)
 	self.document.configurable.text_wrap = self.orig_reflow_mode
 	self.view:recalculate()
 	-- Exiting should have the same look and feel with entering.
 	if self.orig_reflow_mode == 1 then
+		-- restore original reflow mode
 		self.document.configurable.text_wrap = 1
 		self.view:recalculate()
 	else
@@ -44,32 +60,6 @@ function ReaderCropping:onExitPageCrop(confirmed)
 		end
 	end
 	UIManager.repaint_all = true
-	return true
-end
-
-function ReaderCropping:onPageUpdate(page_no)
-	--DEBUG("page updated to", page_no)
-	self.current_page = page_no
-end
-
-function ReaderCropping:onZoomUpdate(zoom)
-	--DEBUG("zoom updated to", zoom)
-	self.zoom = zoom
-end
-
-function ReaderCropping:onScreenOffsetUpdate(screen_offset)
-	if self.cropping_offset then
-		--DEBUG("offset updated to", screen_offset)
-		self.screen_offset = screen_offset
-		self.cropping_offset = false
-	end
-end
-
-function ReaderCropping:onSetZoomMode(mode, orig)
-	if orig ~= "cropping" and mode then
-		--DEBUG("backup zoom mode", mode)
-		self.orig_zoom_mode = mode
-	end
 end
 
 function ReaderCropping:onReadSettings(config)
diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readerview.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readerview.lua
index 067a8c2bf..3660ee698 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readerview.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readerview.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ReaderView = WidgetContainer:new{
 		zoom = 1.0,
 		rotation = 0,
 		gamma = 1.0,
-		offset = {},
+		offset = nil,
 		bbox = nil,
 	},
 	outer_page_color = 7,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function ReaderView:paintTo(bb, x, y)
 		bb:paintRect(x, y, inner_offset.x, self.ui.dimen.h, self.outer_page_color)
 		bb:paintRect(x + self.ui.dimen.w - inner_offset.x - 1, y, inner_offset.x + 1, self.ui.dimen.h, self.outer_page_color)
 	end
-	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("ScreenOffsetUpdate", inner_offset))
+	self.state.offset = inner_offset
 	-- draw content
 	if self.ui.document.info.has_pages then
 		self.ui.document:drawPage(
diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readerzooming.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readerzooming.lua
index d0e7a840c..f864e0820 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readerzooming.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readerzooming.lua
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ function ReaderZooming:onZoom(direction)
 end
 
 function ReaderZooming:onSetZoomMode(new_mode)
+	self.view.zoom_mode = new_mode
 	if self.zoom_mode ~= new_mode then
 		DEBUG("setting zoom mode to", new_mode)
 		self.zoom_mode = new_mode