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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] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
402 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
403 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
404 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
405 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
406 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
407 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
408 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
409 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
410 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
411 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
412 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
413 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
414 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
415 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
416 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
417 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
418 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
419 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
420 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
421 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
422 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
423 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
424 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
425 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
426 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
427 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
428 Add state_override function to core #4725
429 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
430 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
431 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
432 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
433 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
434 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
435 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
436 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
437 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
438 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
439 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
440 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
441 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
442 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
443 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
444 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
445 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
446 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
447 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
448 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
449 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
450 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
451 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
452 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
453 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
454 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
455 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
456 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
457 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
458 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
459 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
460 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
461 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
462 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
463 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
464 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
465 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
466 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
467 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
468 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
469 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
470 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
471 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
472 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
473 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
474 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
475 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
476 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
477 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
478 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
479 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
480 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
481 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
482 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
483 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
484 Comment administration improvements #2919
485 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
486 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
487 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
488 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
489 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
490 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
491 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
492 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
493 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
494 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
495 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
496 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
497 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
498 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
499 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
500 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383

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