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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
201 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
202 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
203 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
204 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
205 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
206 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
207 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
208 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
209 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
210 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
211 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
212 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
213 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
214 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
215 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
216 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
217 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
218 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
219 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
220 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
221 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
222 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
223 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
224 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
225 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
226 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
227 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
228 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
229 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
230 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
231 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
232 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
233 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
234 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
235 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
236 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
237 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
238 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
239 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
240 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
241 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
242 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
243 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
244 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
245 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
246 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
247 Comment administration improvements #2919
248 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
249 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
250 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
251 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
252 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
253 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
254 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
255 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
256 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
257 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
258 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
259 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
260 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
261 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
262 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
263 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
264 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
265 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
266 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
267 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
268 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
269 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
270 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
271 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
272 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
273 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
274 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
275 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
276 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
277 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
278 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
279 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
280 Menu router refactoring #2400
281 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
282 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
283 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
284 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
285 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
286 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
287 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
288 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
289 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
290 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
291 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
292 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
293 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
294 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
295 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
296 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
297 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
298 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
299 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
300 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013

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