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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] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
602 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
603 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
604 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
605 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
606 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
607 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
608 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
609 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
610 [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
611 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
612 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
613 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
614 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
615 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
616 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
617 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
618 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
619 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
620 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
621 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
622 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
623 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
624 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
625 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
626 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
627 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
628 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
629 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
630 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
631 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
632 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
633 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
634 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
635 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
636 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
637 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
638 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
639 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
640 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
641 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
642 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
643 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
644 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
645 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
646 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
647 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
648 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
649 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
650 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
651 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
652 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
653 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
654 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
655 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
656 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
657 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
658 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
659 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
660 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
661 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
662 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
663 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
664 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
665 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
666 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
667 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
668 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
669 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
670 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
671 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
672 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
673 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
674 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
675 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
676 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
677 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
678 Menu router refactoring #2400
679 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
680 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
681 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
682 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
683 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
684 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
685 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
686 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
687 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
688 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
689 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
690 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
691 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
692 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
693 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
694 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
695 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
696 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
697 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
698 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
699 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
700 [UX] More info on field removal #3262

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