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These are features that you would most like to see included in future releases of Backdrop CMS.  All the issues you see here are issues tagged with the label "type - feature request" from the Backdrop CMS core issue queue. 

# GitHub Issue title Issue # Vote for this feature # of votes
901 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
902 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
903 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
904 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
905 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
906 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
907 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
908 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
909 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
910 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
911 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
912 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
913 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
914 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
915 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
916 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
917 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
918 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
919 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
920 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
921 Menu router refactoring #2400
922 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
923 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
924 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
925 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
926 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
927 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
928 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
929 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
930 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
931 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
932 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
933 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
934 Allow regions titles #2647
935 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
936 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
937 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
938 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
939 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
940 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
941 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
942 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
943 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
944 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
945 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
946 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
947 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
948 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
949 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
950 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
951 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
952 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
953 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
954 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
955 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
956 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
957 Search terms along with nodes #3850
958 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
959 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
960 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
961 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
962 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
963 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
964 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
965 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
966 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
967 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
968 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
969 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
970 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
971 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
972 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
973 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
974 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
975 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
976 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
977 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
978 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
979 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
980 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
981 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
982 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652

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