Thank you Egor - as highlighted here, the Draw Inside method doesn't always work

https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/171021/changing-brush-color-without-changing-the-color-of-the-selected-object

Hey, finally someone requested this! I forbade myself to do it.

Currently we can use Draw Inside mode:
1. Select the object to be clipped
2. Cut it
3. Select the object to be the mask
4. Press Shift + D twice (or click the tiny button at the bottom of the toolbar once) — dashed brackets appear to mark the mode
5. Paste in Place
This keeps the appearance of both paths... as well as Ai now allows.

There is an array of related requests and reports here at UV to make the clipping experience better. I post it here for others to crawl.

- Draw Inside method — many prefer it to original clip commands, because it doesn’t require the specific order: you cut a thing you need to clip, select the clipping-to-be path, change the Draw method and Paste (in Front / Back / in Place).
- Draw Inside doesn’t work when a clipping group is selected, requires to select its clipping mask specifically — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/49065740

- Compound shape trick
- Clipping compound shape doesn't have edges drawn — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/45269581
- Draw Inside won’t work with live compound shapes — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/49064681

- Respect appearances — while Draw Inside method keeps the appearance of the clipping-to-be path, original clip commands don’t. And we need the control.
- Allow clipping paths to have complex appearances — https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/45088255
- Please allow us to apply proper strokes to clip groups: centered, inside, outside — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/36674830
- Add an option to preserve the color of the Clipping Mask when creating a Clipping Mask — https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/51567620 — this very request this is posted in

- Clip with top path / clip into bottom path methods
- Scripts — https://github.com/nimbling/Nimbling_Scripts#clip-scripts, by Herman van Boeijen
- A separate Add Clipping Mask Feature Similar to Corel Draw's Powerclip — https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/48659723, that most likely is about the 'pick the clip' method, used by Ai’s recent Objects on Path (BTW, Corel’s take on this is superior)

- Allow selecting a clipping mask by its fill — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/31558588
- Compound path trick
- Pathfinder Crop problem
- Select children in isolation problem
- Order problem: Illustrator pulls clippings masks to the top of their clip groups when a document is reopened — https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/48267722

- Treat groups as a result of Unite and not Intersect when using as a clipping mask — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/49178642 — Affinity (Designer) started with this method from the start. I bet it’s connected to layer-level clips...
- By the way, Edit Contents button in Control panel ignores the scope and always prefers the layer-level clip to the selected object-level clip — https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/49183784
- Make option to generate compound paths instead of groups when text is outlined — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/49178642
- Add an option for Pathfinder to make compound paths instead of groups — https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/47013433
- Don't remove stroke and fill for clipping paths — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/36749056
- Clip to key object — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/48886391

- Make clipping process easier, more like in Photoshop and Affinity Designer — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/39203035 — container VS foundation
- Paste into selected object — https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/40862908 — actually means 'paste and clip'
- Non-destructive clipping mask options — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/49119035 — read as 'use appearance to clip, not path'
- Drag into an object in Layers
- Masks should be applied to single objects with a simple right click — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/35670199 — read as 'clip all above into this'

- Split & Bake
- Expanding Compound Clip Mask into individual paths for production — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/33839062 (scripts exist)
- Flatten / expand clipping group, crop each object in it to the clipping path — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/35456389

- Bounds: clipped content VS clipping object
- Respect clip groups in pattern brushes — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/46649164
- Add an option for the Transform effect to use visible bounds of a clipping object — https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/46960159
- If a symbol contains clipping