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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] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
602 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
603 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
604 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
605 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
606 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
607 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
608 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
609 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
610 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
611 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
612 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
613 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
614 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
615 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
616 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
617 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
618 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
619 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
620 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
621 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
622 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
623 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
624 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
625 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
626 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
627 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
628 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
629 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
630 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
631 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
632 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
633 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
634 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
635 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
636 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
637 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
638 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
639 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
640 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
641 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
642 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
643 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
644 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
645 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
646 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
647 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
648 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
649 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
650 Showcase core features during install #4138
651 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
652 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
653 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
654 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
655 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
656 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
657 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
658 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
659 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
660 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
661 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
662 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
663 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
664 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
665 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
666 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
667 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
668 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
669 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
670 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
671 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
672 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
673 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
674 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
675 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
676 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
677 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
678 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
679 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
680 [D8] Autosave content #3426
681 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
682 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
683 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
684 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
685 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
686 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
687 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
688 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
689 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
690 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
691 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
692 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
693 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
694 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
695 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
696 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
697 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
698 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
699 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
700 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414

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