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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 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
202 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
203 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
204 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
205 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
206 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
207 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
208 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
209 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
210 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
211 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
212 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
213 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
214 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
215 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
216 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
217 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
218 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
219 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
220 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
221 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
222 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
223 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
224 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
225 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
226 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
227 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
228 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
229 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
230 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
231 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
232 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
233 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
234 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
235 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
236 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
237 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
238 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
239 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
240 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
241 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
242 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
243 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
244 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
245 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
246 Comment administration improvements #2919
247 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
248 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
249 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
250 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
251 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
252 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
253 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
254 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
255 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
256 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
257 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
258 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
259 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
260 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
261 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
262 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
263 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
264 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
265 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
266 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
267 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
268 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
269 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
270 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
271 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
272 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
273 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
274 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
275 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
276 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
277 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
278 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
279 Menu router refactoring #2400
280 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
281 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
282 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
283 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
284 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
285 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
286 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
287 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
288 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
289 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
290 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
291 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
292 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
293 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
294 Create a printable Status Report #5821
295 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
296 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
297 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
298 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
299 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
300 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013

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