svg element can't be moved by mouse dragging or keyboard arrows (or transformed by those means)

Steps to reproduce:

• open Inkscape
• insert an <svg> element in any other element that allows it by the SVG standard (like in the root <svg>)
• try to move the <svg> element around by mouse dragging or keyboard arrows, or try the same for a descendant
• there's no resizing, skewing or rotation handles either

What happened?

<svg> element can't be transformed by mouse dragging or keyboard actions.

What should have happened?

It should be movable like other geometry with mouse dragging and keybord arrows. <svg> elements are crucial for grouping, box-model like editing, clipping, and acting as geometry categories. <g>'s don't have dimensions, which is a huge disadvantage because you have to rely on Inkscape's visual box-selection which is calculated from the <g>'s descendants boundary positions. Descendant boundary positions can change when drawing. What I want is stable boundaries, which the <svg> element offers.

Inkscape Version and Operating System:

• Inkscape Version: 1.0beta1 and 0.92.4
• Operating System: Windows
• Operating System version: 7, 32-bit