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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
901 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
902 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
903 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
904 More useful tags for views #6268
905 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
906 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
907 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
908 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
909 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
910 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
911 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
912 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
913 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
914 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
915 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
916 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
917 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
918 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
919 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
920 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
921 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
922 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
923 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
924 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
925 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
926 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
927 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
928 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
929 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
930 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
931 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
932 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
933 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
934 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
935 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
936 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
937 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
938 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
939 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
940 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
941 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
942 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
943 Comment administration improvements #2919
944 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
945 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
946 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
947 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
948 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
949 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
950 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
951 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
952 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
953 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
954 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
955 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
956 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
957 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
958 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
959 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
960 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
961 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
962 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
963 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
964 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
965 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
966 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
967 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
968 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
969 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
970 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
971 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
972 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
973 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
974 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
975 Menu router refactoring #2400
976 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
977 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
978 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
979 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
980 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
981 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
982 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544

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