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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
101 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
102 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
103 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
104 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
105 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
106 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
107 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
108 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
109 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
110 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
111 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
112 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
113 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
114 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
115 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
116 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
117 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
118 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
119 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
120 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
121 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
122 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
123 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
124 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
125 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
126 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
127 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
128 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
129 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
130 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
131 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
132 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
133 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
134 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
135 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
136 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
137 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
138 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
139 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
140 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
141 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
142 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
143 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
144 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
145 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
146 Comment administration improvements #2919
147 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
148 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
149 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
150 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
151 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
152 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
153 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
154 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
155 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
156 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
157 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
158 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
159 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
160 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
161 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
162 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
163 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
164 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
165 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
166 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
167 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
168 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
169 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
170 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
171 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
172 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
173 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
174 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
175 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
176 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
177 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
178 Menu router refactoring #2400
179 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
180 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
181 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
182 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
183 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
184 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
185 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
186 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
187 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
188 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
189 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
190 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
191 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
192 Trim textfields? #6386
193 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
194 Allow regions titles #2647
195 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
196 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
197 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
198 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
199 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
200 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013

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