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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
601 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
602 Comment administration improvements #2919
603 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
604 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
605 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
606 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
607 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
608 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
609 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
610 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
611 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
612 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
613 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
614 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
615 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
616 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
617 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
618 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
619 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
620 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
621 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
622 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
623 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
624 Create a printable Status Report #5821
625 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
626 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
627 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
628 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
629 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
630 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
631 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
632 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
633 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
634 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
635 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
636 Menu router refactoring #2400
637 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
638 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
639 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
640 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
641 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
642 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
643 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
644 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
645 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
646 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
647 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
648 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
649 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
650 Allow regions titles #2647
651 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
652 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
653 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
654 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
655 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
656 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
657 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
658 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
659 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
660 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
661 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
662 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
663 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
664 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
665 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
666 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
667 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
668 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
669 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
670 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
671 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
672 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
673 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
674 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
675 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
676 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
677 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
678 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
679 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
680 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
681 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
682 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
683 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
684 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
685 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
686 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
687 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
688 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
689 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
690 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
691 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
692 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
693 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
694 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
695 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
696 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
697 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
698 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
699 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
700 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449

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