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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 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
602 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
603 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
604 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
605 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
606 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
607 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
608 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
609 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
610 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
611 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
612 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
613 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
614 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
615 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
616 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
617 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
618 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
619 Menu router refactoring #2400
620 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
621 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
622 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
623 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
624 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
625 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
626 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
627 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
628 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
629 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
630 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
631 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
632 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
633 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
634 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
635 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
636 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
637 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
638 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
639 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
640 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
641 [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
642 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
643 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
644 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
645 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
646 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
647 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
648 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
649 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
650 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
651 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
652 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
653 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
654 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
655 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
656 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
657 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
658 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
659 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
660 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
661 Allow regions titles #2647
662 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
663 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
664 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
665 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
666 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
667 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
668 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
669 [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
670 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
671 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
672 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
673 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
674 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
675 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
676 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
677 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
678 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
679 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
680 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
681 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
682 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
683 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
684 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
685 Search terms along with nodes #3850
686 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
687 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
688 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
689 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
690 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
691 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
692 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
693 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
694 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
695 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
696 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
697 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
698 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
699 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
700 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624

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