"Hide all except selected" option in export toghether with "Batch export selected objects" not very useful

[Lakeishikawa]

When exporting multiple selection with "Batch export selected objects" enabled,
""Hide all except selected" is selectable and it's current implementation looks like:
- When exporting every object, hide any object that is not selected

I think it would be much more useful if it was:
- When exporting every object, hide any object that is not the current object being exported

There might be some cases in which one could require both functionality, in which case
it might be a good idea to add a checkbox that "hides all object besides the one being exported".

[Todor Eemreorov (blurymind-gmail)]

Also hide other selected object in front of the object that is being rendered!

[Todor Eemreorov (blurymind-gmail)]

yes exactly! I wish I could have this feature asap. It makes a huge difference to my workflow!

[su_v (suv-lp)]

On 2015-02-01 10:35 (+0100), Lakeishikawa wrote:
> I think it would be much more useful if it was:
> - When exporting every object, hide any object that is not the
> current object being exported

Changing default batch export via GUI as proposed will break other use cases not considered by the reporter (sliced exports, e.g. for icons, sprite sheets, or for web design):
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/File-Export.html#id1134309

Ideally, underlying issues as for example tracked in
- Bug #230498 “hide all except selected doesn't work on individual ids”
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/230498
  (implement the '--export-id-only' cli option for the GUI as well)
- Bug #411568 “Batch export should be more explicit about where it...”
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/411568
  (add controls to reset export hints stored per object)
should be addressed first, and then added with full support to the export dialog as separate options for batch exporting.

The user's current setting should be remembered between sessions (or even per file - I'm not sure about that part), so that the user can configure settings to match a certain use case.