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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
601 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
602 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
603 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
604 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
605 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
606 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
607 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
608 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
609 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
610 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
611 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
612 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
613 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
614 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
615 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
616 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
617 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
618 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
619 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
620 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
621 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
622 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
623 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
624 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
625 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
626 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
627 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
628 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
629 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
630 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
631 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
632 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
633 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
634 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
635 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
636 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
637 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
638 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
639 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
640 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
641 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
642 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
643 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
644 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
645 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
646 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
647 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
648 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
649 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
650 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
651 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
652 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
653 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
654 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
655 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
656 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
657 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
658 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
659 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
660 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
661 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
662 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
663 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
664 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
665 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
666 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
667 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
668 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
669 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
670 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
671 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
672 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
673 Rename default Contact form category #4703
674 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
675 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
676 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
677 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
678 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
679 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
680 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
681 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
682 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
683 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
684 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
685 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
686 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
687 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
688 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
689 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
690 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
691 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
692 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
693 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
694 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
695 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
696 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
697 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
698 'Unused' module detector #5020
699 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
700 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969

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