Choose default export file type (graphics)

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When exporting a certain file format, can we please improve the Figma UI by ‘keeping/honoring’ the selection (make it stick) on whatever a user has just set the export file format to? Eg. If SVG is explicitly chosen, please keep it SVG (vs defaulting/overriding the drop down back to PNG). If users are exporting a bunch of files, it’s an accumulative micro-irritation and time suck to have to keep ‘re-selecting’ what they want again and again from the drop down menu, when they’ve already chosen what they want. Thanks

Hi @Katie_Bush1 , thanks for your feedback! Other in the community have requested something similar. I merged your topic to have all your feedback in the same place.
ps: don’t also forget to vote up your idea so we can gauge the overall interest in the community!

OMG - YES!!! THANK YOU… 🤩

Thanks for starting this topic! Don’t forget to also Vote as well! 🗳️ ☝️

Any updates on this update? Still would love to know how to do this!

Another useful export process option would be exporting multiple frames or elements as individual files when wanted.

As of now, it seems like only the first selected element gets exported.

Many thanks!

It’s a typical thing that sadly is not gonna be implemented. Every time I need to make one extra click to switch format…so annoying. Keeping previous selected option e.g. SVG usually a standart thing in electronic software. Moreother it would be convenient that SVG to be first option upon exporting a vector group. Sadly I’m not expecting anything of that to be implemented.

…or they’ll implement it and make it chargeable - $1 for every export 🤣 (perhaps I should keep my mouth shut 🙊 )

My front-end dev keeps asking for that …

Must have

This is a needed feature indeed.

This is a must have, along with being able to set a default size other than just 1x. Currently exporting about 50/ 100 images and it’s such a pain to manually change the file type and the size every time. Either something to change in settings, or for it to remember the last chosen setting would be a huge improvement

Agree, it’s a basic feature to have, or at least have a settings menu where we can choose the default export settings we want. 
Same with the export settings specific to the image types; having to go into the settings of the SVG export to tick “Include “id” attribute” is going to drive me mad.
Please consider this as an important quality of life feature!

I AM your front-end dev and I’m asking for that.  I have to export 200+ SVG’s and change the setting every time.