dev (#275)

closes issues #267 #274, #255, #256

Co-authored-by: Dominik Demuth <dominik.demuth@physik.tu-darmstadt.de>
Reviewed-on: #275

src/gui_qt/main/management.py

@@ -450,10 +450,17 @@ class UpperManagement(QtCore.QObject):
             self.undostack.push(single_undo)
         self.undostack.endMacro()
 
-    def cut(self):
+    def cut(self, x: bool = False, y: bool = False) -> None:
         if self.current_graph:
-            xlim, _ = self.graphs[self.current_graph].ranges
-            self.apply('cut', xlim)
+            xlim, ylim = self.graphs[self.current_graph].ranges
+
+            if x is False:
+                xlim = (None, None)
+
+            if y is False:
+                ylim = (None, None)
+
+            self.apply('cut', (*xlim, *ylim))
 
     @QtCore.pyqtSlot()
     def unmask(self):