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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] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
602 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
603 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
604 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
605 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
606 [WP] Media Library #3203
607 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
608 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
609 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
610 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
611 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
612 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
613 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
614 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
615 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
616 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
617 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
618 Mobile first approach theme #4131
619 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
620 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
621 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
622 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
623 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
624 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
625 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
626 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
627 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
628 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
629 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
630 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
631 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
632 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
633 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
634 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
635 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
636 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
637 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
638 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
639 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
640 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
641 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
642 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
643 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
644 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
645 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
646 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
647 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
648 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
649 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
650 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
651 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
652 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
653 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
654 Add state_override function to core #4725
655 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
656 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
657 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
658 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
659 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
660 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
661 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
662 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
663 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
664 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
665 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
666 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
667 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
668 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
669 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
670 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
671 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
672 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
673 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
674 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
675 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
676 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
677 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
678 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
679 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
680 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
681 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
682 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
683 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
684 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
685 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
686 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
687 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
688 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
689 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
690 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
691 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
692 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
693 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
694 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
695 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
696 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
697 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
698 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
699 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
700 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807

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