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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 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
902 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
903 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
904 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
905 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
906 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
907 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
908 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
909 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
910 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
911 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
912 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
913 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
914 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
915 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
916 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
917 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
918 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
919 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
920 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
921 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
922 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
923 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
924 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
925 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
926 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
927 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
928 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
929 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
930 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
931 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
932 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
933 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
934 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
935 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
936 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
937 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
938 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
939 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
940 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
941 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
942 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
943 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
944 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
945 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
946 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
947 Comment administration improvements #2919
948 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
949 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
950 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
951 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
952 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
953 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
954 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
955 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
956 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
957 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
958 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
959 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
960 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
961 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
962 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
963 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
964 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
965 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
966 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
967 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
968 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
969 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
970 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
971 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
972 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
973 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
974 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
975 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
976 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
977 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
978 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
979 Menu router refactoring #2400
980 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
981 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
982 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251

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