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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] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
202 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
203 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
204 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
205 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
206 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
207 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
208 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
209 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
210 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
211 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
212 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
213 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
214 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
215 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
216 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
217 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
218 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
219 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
220 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
221 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
222 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
223 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
224 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
225 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
226 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
227 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
228 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
229 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
230 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
231 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
232 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
233 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
234 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
235 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
236 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
237 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
238 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
239 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
240 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
241 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
242 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
243 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
244 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
245 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
246 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
247 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
248 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
249 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
250 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
251 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
252 Comment administration improvements #2919
253 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
254 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
255 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
256 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
257 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
258 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
259 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
260 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
261 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
262 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
263 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
264 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
265 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
266 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
267 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
268 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
269 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
270 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
271 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
272 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
273 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
274 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
275 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
276 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
277 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
278 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
279 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
280 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
281 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
282 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
283 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
284 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
285 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
286 Menu router refactoring #2400
287 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
288 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
289 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
290 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
291 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
292 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
293 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
294 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
295 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
296 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
297 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
298 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
299 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
300 Allow regions titles #2647

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