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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 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
602 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
603 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
604 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
605 Showcase core features during install #4138
606 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
607 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
608 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
609 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
610 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
611 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
612 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
613 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
614 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
615 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
616 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
617 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
618 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
619 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
620 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
621 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
622 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
623 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
624 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
625 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
626 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
627 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
628 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
629 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
630 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
631 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
632 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
633 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
634 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
635 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
636 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
637 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
638 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
639 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
640 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
641 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
642 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
643 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
644 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
645 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
646 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
647 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
648 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
649 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
650 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
651 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
652 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
653 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
654 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
655 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
656 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
657 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
658 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
659 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
660 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
661 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
662 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
663 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
664 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
665 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
666 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
667 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
668 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
669 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
670 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
671 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
672 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
673 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
674 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
675 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
676 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
677 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
678 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
679 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
680 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
681 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
682 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
683 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
684 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
685 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
686 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
687 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
688 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
689 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
690 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
691 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
692 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
693 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
694 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
695 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
696 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
697 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
698 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
699 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
700 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933

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