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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 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
602 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
603 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
604 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
605 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
606 [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
607 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
608 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
609 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
610 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
611 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
612 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
613 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
614 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
615 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
616 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
617 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
618 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
619 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
620 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
621 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
622 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
623 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
624 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
625 'Unused' module detector #5020
626 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
627 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
628 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
629 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
630 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
631 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
632 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
633 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
634 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
635 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
636 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
637 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
638 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
639 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
640 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
641 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
642 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
643 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
644 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
645 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
646 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
647 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
648 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
649 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
650 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
651 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
652 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
653 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
654 More useful tags for views #6268
655 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
656 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
657 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
658 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
659 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
660 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
661 [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
662 Showcase core features during install #4138
663 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
664 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
665 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
666 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
667 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
668 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
669 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
670 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
671 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
672 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
673 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
674 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
675 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
676 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
677 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
678 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
679 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
680 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
681 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
682 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
683 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
684 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
685 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
686 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
687 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
688 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
689 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
690 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
691 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
692 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
693 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
694 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
695 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
696 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
697 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
698 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
699 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
700 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912

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