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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 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
502 More useful tags for views #6268
503 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
504 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
505 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
506 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
507 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
508 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
509 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
510 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
511 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
512 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
513 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
514 Custom Block contextual link #4390
515 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
516 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
517 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
518 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
519 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
520 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
521 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
522 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
523 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
524 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
525 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
526 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
527 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
528 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
529 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
530 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
531 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
532 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
533 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
534 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
535 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
536 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
537 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
538 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
539 Add global site logo token #5871
540 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
541 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
542 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
543 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
544 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
545 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
546 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
547 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
548 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
549 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
550 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
551 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
552 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
553 [WP] Media Library #3203
554 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
555 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
556 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
557 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
558 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
559 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
560 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
561 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
562 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
563 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
564 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
565 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
566 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
567 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
568 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
569 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
570 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
571 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
572 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
573 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
574 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
575 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
576 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
577 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
578 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
579 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
580 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
581 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
582 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
583 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
584 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
585 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
586 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
587 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
588 Menu router refactoring #2400
589 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
590 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
591 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
592 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
593 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
594 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
595 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
596 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
597 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
598 Showcase core features during install #4138
599 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
600 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331

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