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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 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
205 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
206 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
207 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
208 Add state_override function to core #4725
209 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
210 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
211 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
212 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
213 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
214 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
215 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
216 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
217 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
218 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
219 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
220 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
221 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
222 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
223 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
224 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
225 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
226 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
227 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
228 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
229 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
230 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
231 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
232 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
233 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
234 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
235 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
236 Double click prevention #6393
237 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
238 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
239 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
240 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
241 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
242 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
243 Seventy two theme #5928
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 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
248 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
249 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
250 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
251 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
252 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
253 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
254 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
255 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
256 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
257 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
258 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
259 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
260 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
261 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
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 Content creation page cleanup #202
267 Comment administration improvements #2919
268 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
269 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
270 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
271 Menu router refactoring #2400
272 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
273 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
274 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
275 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
276 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
277 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
278 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
279 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
280 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
281 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
282 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
283 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
284 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
285 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
286 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
287 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
288 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
289 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
290 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
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 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
296 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
297 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
298 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
299 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
300 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383

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