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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] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
202 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
203 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
204 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
205 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
206 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
207 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
208 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
209 Add state_override function to core #4725
210 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
211 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
212 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
213 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
214 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
215 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
216 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
217 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
218 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
219 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
220 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
221 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
222 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
223 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
224 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
225 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
226 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
227 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
228 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
229 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
230 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
231 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
232 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
233 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
234 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
235 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
236 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
237 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
238 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
239 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
240 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
241 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
242 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
243 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
244 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
245 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
246 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
247 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
248 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
249 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
250 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
251 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
252 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
253 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
254 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
255 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
256 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
257 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
258 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
259 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
260 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
261 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
262 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
263 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
264 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
265 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
266 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
267 Comment administration improvements #2919
268 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
269 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
270 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
271 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
272 Menu router refactoring #2400
273 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
274 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
275 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
276 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
277 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
278 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
279 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
280 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
281 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
282 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
283 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
284 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
285 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
286 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
287 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
288 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
289 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
290 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
291 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
292 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
293 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
294 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
295 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
296 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
297 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
298 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
299 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
300 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383

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