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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 Comment administration improvements #2919
602 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
603 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
604 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
605 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
606 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
607 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
608 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
609 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
610 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
611 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
612 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
613 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
614 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
615 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
616 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
617 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
618 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
619 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
620 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
621 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
622 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
623 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
624 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
625 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
626 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
627 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
628 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
629 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
630 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
631 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
632 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
633 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
634 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
635 Menu router refactoring #2400
636 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
637 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
638 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
639 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
640 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
641 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
642 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
643 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
644 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
645 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
646 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
647 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
648 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
649 Allow regions titles #2647
650 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
651 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
652 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
653 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
654 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
655 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
656 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
657 [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
658 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
659 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
660 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
661 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
662 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
663 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
664 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
665 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
666 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
667 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
668 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
669 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
670 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
671 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
672 Search terms along with nodes #3850
673 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
674 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
675 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
676 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
677 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
678 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
679 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
680 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
681 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
682 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
683 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
684 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
685 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
686 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
687 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
688 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
689 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
690 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
691 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
692 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
693 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
694 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
695 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
696 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
697 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
698 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
699 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
700 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858

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