Index: src/dialogs/export.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/dialogs/export.cpp	(revision 22775)
+++ src/dialogs/export.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -635,8 +635,20 @@
             gtk_tooltips_set_tip(tt, he, _("In the exported image, hide all objects except those that are selected"), NULL);
             hide_box->show_all();
             vb->pack_start(*hide_box);
+        } 
+ 
+        {
+            Gtk::HBox* mutual_hide_box = new Gtk::HBox(FALSE, 5);
+            GtkWidget *mhe = gtk_check_button_new_with_label(_("Mutually hide selected"));
+            gtk_widget_set_sensitive(GTK_WIDGET(mhe), TRUE);
+            gtk_object_set_data(GTK_OBJECT(dlg), "mutual_hide_checkbox", mhe);
+            mutual_hide_box->pack_start(*Glib::wrap(mhe), false, false);
+            gtk_tooltips_set_tip(tt, mhe, _("When exporting batch images, even hides selected images other than the currently exported"), NULL);
+            mutual_hide_box->show_all();
+            vb->pack_start(*mutual_hide_box);
         }
 
+
         /* Buttons */
         Gtk::HButtonBox* bb = new Gtk::HButtonBox(Gtk::BUTTONBOX_END);
         bb->set_border_width(3);
@@ -677,6 +689,8 @@
     gint num = g_slist_length((GSList *) sp_desktop_selection(SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP)->itemList());
     GtkWidget *be = (GtkWidget *)gtk_object_get_data(base, "batch_checkbox");
     GtkWidget *he = (GtkWidget *)gtk_object_get_data(base, "hide_checkbox");
+    GtkWidget *mhe = (GtkWidget *)gtk_object_get_data(base, "mutual_hide_checkbox");
+
     if (num >= 2) {
         gtk_widget_set_sensitive (be, true);
         gtk_button_set_label (GTK_BUTTON(be), g_strdup_printf (ngettext("Batch export %d selected object","Batch export %d selected objects",num), num));
@@ -684,11 +698,9 @@
         gtk_toggle_button_set_active (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(be), FALSE);
         gtk_widget_set_sensitive (be, FALSE);
     }
-    if (num > 0) {
-        gtk_widget_set_sensitive (he, true);
-    } else {
-        gtk_widget_set_sensitive (he, false);
-    }
+    
+    gtk_widget_set_sensitive (mhe, num >= 2);
+    gtk_widget_set_sensitive (he, num > 0);
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -1092,6 +1104,12 @@
     if (gtk_toggle_button_get_active (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON (be))) {
         // Batch export of selected objects
 
+        GtkWidget *mhe = static_cast<GtkWidget *>(
+                gtk_object_get_data(base, "mutual_hide_checkbox") );
+
+        bool batch_mutual_hide = 
+                gtk_toggle_button_get_active (GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON (mhe));
+
         gint num = g_slist_length((GSList *) sp_desktop_selection(SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP)->itemList());
         gint n = 0;
 
@@ -1134,11 +1152,24 @@
 
                 if (width > 1 && height > 1) {
                     /* Do export */
+
+                    GSList *items_to_show = NULL;
+                    if (hide || batch_mutual_hide) {
+                        items_to_show = batch_mutual_hide ?
+                            // only the exact current item is shown
+                            g_slist_append(
+                                    items_to_show, static_cast<gpointer>(item) ) :
+
+                            // all the selected items are shown
+                            const_cast<GSList *>(
+                                    sp_desktop_selection(SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP)->itemList() );
+                    }
+
                     if (!sp_export_png_file (doc, path,
                                              *area, width, height, dpi, dpi,
                                              nv->pagecolor,
                                              NULL, NULL, TRUE,  // overwrite without asking
-                                             hide ? (GSList *) sp_desktop_selection(SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP)->itemList() : NULL
+                                             items_to_show
                             )) {
                         gchar * error;
                         gchar * safeFile = Inkscape::IO::sanitizeString(path);
@@ -1147,6 +1178,11 @@
                         g_free(safeFile);
                         g_free(error);
                     }
+
+                    if (batch_mutual_hide) {
+                        // free the previously created list
+                        g_slist_free(items_to_show);
+                    }
                 }
             }
             n++;