Batch export files/zipped export?

[emmacohn]

Hi Positron world--I'd love to see a way to batch export files as a zipped folder. In RStudio, that's the default option when I export multiple files at the same time. In Positron, I have to individually accept each file as a separate download. Fine for a few files, but relatively tedious with larger batch sizes! Photos below are of RStudio's process.

I do know you can download entire folders, which is almost as good, but a lot of times I don't want to download the entire folder, just selected files. So I either I go one-by-one on the downloads end or I go one-by-one to delete files I don't want once the folder is saved.

[juliasilge]

Thanks for this feedback, @emmacohn! Can you say a bit more about what you mean by download or export here? Are you using Positron on Workbench or via remote SSH, and you want to move the files from a remote host to your local desktop? If not, maybe you can share a bit more about what you mean.

[emmacohn]

Oops! Yes—I’m accessing Positron via remote SSH and want to move the files to my local desktop.

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[juliasilge]

Ah, makes sense! I opened #8590 to track and prioritize this new feature; feel free to add any additional info on your use case.