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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 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
602 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
603 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
604 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
605 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
606 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
607 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
608 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
609 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
610 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
611 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
612 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
613 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
614 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
615 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
616 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
617 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
618 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
619 Mobile first approach theme #4131
620 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
621 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
622 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
623 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
624 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
625 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
626 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
627 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
628 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
629 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
630 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
631 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
632 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
633 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
634 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
635 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
636 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
637 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
638 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
639 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
640 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
641 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
642 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
643 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
644 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
645 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
646 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
647 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
648 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
649 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
650 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
651 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
652 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
653 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
654 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
655 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
656 Add state_override function to core #4725
657 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
658 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
659 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
660 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
661 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
662 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
663 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
664 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
665 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
666 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
667 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
668 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
669 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
670 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
671 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
672 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
673 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
674 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
675 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
676 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
677 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
678 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
679 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
680 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
681 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
682 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
683 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
684 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
685 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
686 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
687 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
688 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
689 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
690 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
691 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
692 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
693 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
694 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
695 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
696 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
697 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
698 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
699 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
700 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945

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