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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] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
602 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
603 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
604 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
605 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
606 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
607 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
608 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
609 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
610 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
611 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
612 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
613 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
614 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
615 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
616 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
617 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
618 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
619 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
620 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
621 Mobile first approach theme #4131
622 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
623 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
624 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
625 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
626 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
627 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
628 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
629 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
630 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
631 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
632 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
633 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
634 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
635 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
636 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
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 Trim textfields? #6386
645 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
646 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
647 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
648 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
649 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
650 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
651 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
652 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
653 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
654 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
655 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
656 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
657 Add state_override function to core #4725
658 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
659 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
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 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
664 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
665 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
666 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
667 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
668 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
669 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
670 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
671 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
672 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
673 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
674 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
675 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
676 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
677 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
678 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
679 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
680 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
681 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
682 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
683 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
684 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
685 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
686 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
687 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
688 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
689 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
690 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
691 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
692 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
693 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
694 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
695 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
696 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
697 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
698 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
699 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
700 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666

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