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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 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
602 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
603 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
604 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
605 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
606 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
607 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
608 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
609 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
610 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
611 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
612 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
613 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
614 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
615 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
616 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
617 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
618 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
619 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
620 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
621 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
622 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
623 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
624 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
625 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
626 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
627 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
628 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
629 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
630 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
631 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
632 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
633 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
634 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
635 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
636 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
637 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
638 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
639 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
640 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
641 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
642 Comment administration improvements #2919
643 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
644 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
645 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
646 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
647 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
648 Trim textfields? #6386
649 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
650 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
651 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
652 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
653 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
654 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
655 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
656 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
657 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
658 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
659 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
660 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
661 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
662 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
663 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
664 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
665 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
666 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
667 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
668 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
669 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
670 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
671 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
672 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
673 Menu router refactoring #2400
674 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
675 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
676 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
677 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
678 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
679 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
680 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
681 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
682 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
683 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
684 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
685 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
686 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
687 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
688 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
689 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
690 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
691 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
692 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
693 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
694 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
695 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
696 [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
697 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
698 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
699 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
700 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129

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