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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
401 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
402 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
403 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
404 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
405 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
406 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
407 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
408 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
409 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
410 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
411 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
412 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
413 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
414 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
415 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
416 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
417 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
418 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
419 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
420 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
421 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
422 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
423 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
424 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
425 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
426 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
427 Comment administration improvements #2919
428 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
429 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
430 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
431 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
432 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
433 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
434 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
435 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
436 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
437 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
438 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
439 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
440 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
441 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
442 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
443 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
444 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
445 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
446 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
447 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
448 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
449 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
450 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
451 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
452 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
453 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
454 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
455 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
456 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
457 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
458 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
459 Menu router refactoring #2400
460 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
461 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
462 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
463 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
464 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
465 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
466 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
467 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
468 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
469 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
470 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
471 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
472 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
473 Allow regions titles #2647
474 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
475 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
476 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
477 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
478 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
479 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
480 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
481 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
482 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
483 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
484 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
485 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
486 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
487 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
488 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
489 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
490 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
491 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
492 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
493 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
494 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
495 Search terms along with nodes #3850
496 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
497 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
498 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
499 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
500 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307

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