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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] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
602 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
603 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
604 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
605 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
606 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
607 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
608 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
609 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
610 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
611 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
612 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
613 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
614 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
615 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
616 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
617 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
618 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
619 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
620 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
621 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
622 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
623 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
624 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
625 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
626 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
627 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
628 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
629 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
630 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
631 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
632 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
633 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
634 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
635 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
636 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
637 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
638 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
639 Comment administration improvements #2919
640 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
641 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
642 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
643 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
644 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
645 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
646 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
647 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
648 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
649 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
650 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
651 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
652 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
653 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
654 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
655 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
656 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
657 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
658 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
659 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
660 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
661 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
662 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
663 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
664 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
665 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
666 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
667 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
668 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
669 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
670 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
671 Menu router refactoring #2400
672 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
673 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
674 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
675 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
676 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
677 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
678 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
679 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
680 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
681 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
682 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
683 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
684 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
685 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
686 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
687 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
688 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
689 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
690 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
691 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
692 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
693 [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
694 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
695 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
696 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
697 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
698 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
699 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
700 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675

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