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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] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
202 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
203 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
204 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
205 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
206 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
207 Add state_override function to core #4725
208 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
209 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
210 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
211 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
212 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
213 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
214 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
215 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
216 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
217 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
218 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
219 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
220 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
221 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
222 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
223 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
224 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
225 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
226 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
227 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
228 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
229 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
230 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
231 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
232 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
233 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
234 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
235 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
236 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
237 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
238 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
239 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
240 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
241 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
242 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
243 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
244 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
245 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
246 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
247 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
248 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
249 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
250 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
251 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
252 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
253 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
254 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
255 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
256 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
257 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
258 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
259 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
260 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
261 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
262 Content creation page cleanup #202
263 Comment administration improvements #2919
264 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
265 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
266 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
267 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
268 Seventy two theme #5928
269 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
270 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
271 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
272 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
273 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
274 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
275 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
276 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
277 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
278 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
279 Trim textfields? #6386
280 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
281 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
282 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
283 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
284 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
285 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
286 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
287 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
288 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
289 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
290 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
291 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
292 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
293 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
294 Menu router refactoring #2400
295 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
296 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
297 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
298 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
299 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
300 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230

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