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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
501 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
502 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
503 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
504 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
505 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
506 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
507 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
508 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
509 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
510 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
511 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
512 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
513 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
514 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
515 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
516 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
517 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
518 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
519 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
520 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
521 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
522 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
523 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
524 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
525 Allow altering image style urls #5745
526 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
527 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
528 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
529 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
530 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
531 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
532 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
533 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
534 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
535 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
536 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
537 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
538 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
539 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
540 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
541 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
542 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
543 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
544 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
545 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
546 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
547 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
548 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
549 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
550 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
551 [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
552 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
553 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
554 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
555 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
556 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
557 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
558 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
559 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
560 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
561 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
562 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
563 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
564 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
565 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
566 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
567 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
568 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
569 Add layouts into the search index #5128
570 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
571 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
572 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
573 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
574 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
575 One click install for digitalocean #5628
576 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
577 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
578 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
579 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
580 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
581 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
582 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
583 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
584 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
585 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
586 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
587 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
588 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
589 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
590 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
591 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
592 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
593 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
594 Trim textfields? #6386
595 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
596 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
597 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
598 Add function that returns default config #3251
599 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
600 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101

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