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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 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
402 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
403 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
404 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
405 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
406 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
407 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
408 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
409 Add state_override function to core #4725
410 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
411 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
412 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
413 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
414 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
415 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
416 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
417 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
418 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
419 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
420 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
421 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
422 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
423 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
424 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
425 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
426 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
427 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
428 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
429 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
430 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
431 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
432 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
433 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
434 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
435 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
436 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
437 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
438 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
439 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
440 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
441 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
442 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
443 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
444 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
445 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
446 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
447 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
448 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
449 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
450 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
451 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
452 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
453 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
454 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
455 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
456 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
457 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
458 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
459 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
460 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
461 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
462 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
463 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
464 Comment administration improvements #2919
465 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
466 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
467 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
468 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
469 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
470 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
471 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
472 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
473 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
474 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
475 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
476 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
477 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
478 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
479 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
480 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
481 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
482 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
483 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
484 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
485 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
486 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
487 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
488 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
489 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
490 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
491 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
492 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
493 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
494 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
495 Menu router refactoring #2400
496 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
497 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
498 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
499 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
500 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883

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