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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] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
902 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
903 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
904 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
905 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
906 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
907 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
908 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
909 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
910 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
911 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
912 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
913 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
914 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
915 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
916 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
917 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
918 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
919 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
920 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
921 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
922 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
923 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
924 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
925 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
926 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
927 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
928 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
929 Comment administration improvements #2919
930 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
931 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
932 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
933 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
934 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
935 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
936 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
937 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
938 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
939 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
940 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
941 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
942 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
943 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
944 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
945 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
946 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
947 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
948 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
949 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
950 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
951 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
952 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
953 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
954 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
955 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
956 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
957 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
958 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
959 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
960 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
961 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
962 Menu router refactoring #2400
963 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
964 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
965 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
966 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
967 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
968 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
969 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
970 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
971 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
972 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
973 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
974 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
975 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
976 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
977 Create a printable Status Report #5821
978 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
979 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
980 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
981 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
982 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
983 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970

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