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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
701 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
702 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
703 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
704 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
705 Add state_override function to core #4725
706 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
707 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
708 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
709 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
710 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
711 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
712 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
713 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
714 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
715 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
716 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
717 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
718 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
719 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
720 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
721 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
722 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
723 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
724 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
725 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
726 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
727 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
728 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
729 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
730 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
731 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
732 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
733 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
734 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
735 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
736 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
737 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
738 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
739 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
740 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
741 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
742 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
743 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
744 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
745 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
746 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
747 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
748 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
749 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
750 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
751 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
752 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
753 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
754 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
755 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
756 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
757 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
758 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
759 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
760 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
761 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
762 Comment administration improvements #2919
763 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
764 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
765 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
766 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
767 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
768 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
769 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
770 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
771 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
772 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
773 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
774 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
775 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
776 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
777 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
778 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
779 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
780 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
781 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
782 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
783 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
784 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
785 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
786 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
787 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
788 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
789 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
790 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
791 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
792 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
793 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
794 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
795 Menu router refactoring #2400
796 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
797 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
798 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
799 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
800 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883

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