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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] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
602 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
603 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
604 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
605 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
606 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
607 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
608 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
609 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
610 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
611 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
612 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
613 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
614 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
615 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
616 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
617 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
618 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
619 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
620 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
621 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
622 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
623 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
624 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
625 Mobile first approach theme #4131
626 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
627 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
628 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
629 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
630 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
631 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
632 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
633 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
634 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
635 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
636 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
637 Add state_override function to core #4725
638 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
639 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
640 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
641 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
642 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
643 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
644 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
645 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
646 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
647 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
648 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
649 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
650 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
651 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
652 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
653 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
654 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
655 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
656 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
657 Double click prevention #6393
658 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
659 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
660 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
661 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
662 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
663 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
664 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
665 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
666 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
667 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
668 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
669 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
670 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
671 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
672 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
673 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
674 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
675 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
676 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
677 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
678 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
679 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
680 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
681 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
682 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
683 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
684 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
685 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
686 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
687 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
688 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
689 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
690 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
691 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
692 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
693 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
694 Comment administration improvements #2919
695 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
696 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
697 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
698 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
699 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
700 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957

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