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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 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
202 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
203 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
204 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
205 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
206 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
207 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
208 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
209 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
210 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
211 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
212 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
213 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
214 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
215 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
216 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
217 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
218 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
219 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
220 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
221 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
222 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
223 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
224 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
225 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
226 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
227 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
228 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
229 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
230 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
231 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
232 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
233 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
234 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
235 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
236 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
237 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
238 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
239 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
240 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
241 Comment administration improvements #2919
242 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
243 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
244 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
245 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
246 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
247 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
248 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
249 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
250 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
251 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
252 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
253 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
254 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
255 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
256 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
257 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
258 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
259 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
260 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
261 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
262 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
263 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
264 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
265 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
266 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
267 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
268 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
269 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
270 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
271 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
272 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
273 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
274 Menu router refactoring #2400
275 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
276 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
277 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
278 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
279 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
280 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
281 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
282 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
283 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
284 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
285 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
286 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
287 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
288 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
289 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
290 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
291 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
292 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
293 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
294 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
295 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
296 [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
297 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
298 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
299 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
300 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129

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