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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 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
602 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
603 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
604 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
605 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
606 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
607 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
608 Add state_override function to core #4725
609 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
610 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
611 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
612 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
613 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
614 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
615 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
616 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
617 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
618 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
619 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
620 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
621 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
622 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
623 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
624 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
625 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
626 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
627 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
628 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
629 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
630 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
631 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
632 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
633 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
634 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
635 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
636 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
637 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
638 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
639 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
640 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
641 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
642 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
643 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
644 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
645 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
646 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
647 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
648 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
649 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
650 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
651 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
652 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
653 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
654 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
655 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
656 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
657 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
658 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
659 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
660 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
661 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
662 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
663 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
664 Comment administration improvements #2919
665 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
666 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
667 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
668 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
669 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
670 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
671 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
672 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
673 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
674 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
675 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
676 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
677 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
678 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
679 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
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 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
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 Create a printable Status Report #5821
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 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
689 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
690 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
691 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
692 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
693 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
694 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
695 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
696 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
697 Menu router refactoring #2400
698 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
699 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
700 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675

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