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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
701 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
702 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
703 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
704 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
705 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
706 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
707 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
708 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
709 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
710 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
711 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
712 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
713 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
714 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
715 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
716 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
717 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
718 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
719 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
720 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
721 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
722 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
723 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
724 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
725 Custom Block contextual link #4390
726 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
727 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
728 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
729 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
730 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
731 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
732 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
733 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
734 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
735 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
736 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
737 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
738 Remove syslog module from core #1260
739 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
740 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
741 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
742 More useful tags for views #6268
743 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
744 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
745 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
746 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
747 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
748 Create a printable Status Report #5821
749 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
750 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
751 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
752 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
753 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
754 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
755 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
756 Add layouts into the search index #5128
757 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
758 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
759 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
760 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
761 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
762 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
763 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
764 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
765 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
766 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
767 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
768 Menu router refactoring #2400
769 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
770 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
771 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
772 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
773 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
774 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
775 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
776 Better Book navigation links #4879
777 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
778 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
779 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
780 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
781 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
782 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
783 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
784 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
785 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
786 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
787 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
788 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
789 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
790 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
791 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
792 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
793 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
794 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
795 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
796 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
797 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
798 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
799 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
800 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914

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