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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 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
602 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
603 Add state_override function to core #4725
604 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
605 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
606 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
607 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
608 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
609 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
610 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
611 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
612 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
613 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
614 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
615 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
616 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
617 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
618 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
619 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
620 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
621 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
622 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
623 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
624 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
625 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
626 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
627 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
628 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
629 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
630 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
631 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
632 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
633 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
634 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
635 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
636 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
637 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
638 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
639 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
640 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
641 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
642 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
643 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
644 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
645 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
646 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
647 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
648 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
649 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
650 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
651 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
652 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
653 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
654 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
655 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
656 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
657 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
658 Comment administration improvements #2919
659 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
660 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
661 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
662 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
663 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
664 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
665 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
666 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
667 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
668 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
669 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
670 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
671 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
672 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
673 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
674 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
675 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
676 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
677 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
678 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
679 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
680 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
681 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
682 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
683 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
684 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
685 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
686 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
687 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
688 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
689 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
690 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
691 Menu router refactoring #2400
692 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
693 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
694 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
695 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
696 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
697 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
698 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
699 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
700 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531

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