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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] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
902 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
903 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
904 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
905 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
906 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
907 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
908 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
909 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
910 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
911 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
912 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
913 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
914 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
915 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
916 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
917 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
918 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
919 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
920 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
921 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
922 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
923 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
924 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
925 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
926 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
927 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
928 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
929 Double click prevention #6393
930 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
931 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
932 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
933 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
934 Comment administration improvements #2919
935 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
936 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
937 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
938 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
939 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
940 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
941 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
942 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
943 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
944 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
945 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
946 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
947 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
948 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
949 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
950 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
951 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
952 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
953 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
954 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
955 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
956 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
957 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
958 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
959 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
960 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
961 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
962 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
963 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
964 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
965 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
966 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
967 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
968 Menu router refactoring #2400
969 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
970 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
971 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
972 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
973 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
974 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
975 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
976 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
977 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
978 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
979 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
980 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
981 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
982 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823

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