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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 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
602 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
603 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
604 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
605 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
606 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
607 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
608 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
609 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
610 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
611 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
612 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
613 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
614 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
615 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
616 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
617 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
618 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
619 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
620 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
621 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
622 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
623 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
624 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
625 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
626 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
627 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
628 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
629 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
630 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
631 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
632 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
633 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
634 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
635 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
636 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
637 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
638 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
639 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
640 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
641 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
642 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
643 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
644 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
645 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
646 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
647 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
648 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
649 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
650 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
651 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
652 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
653 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
654 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
655 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
656 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
657 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
658 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
659 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
660 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
661 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
662 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
663 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
664 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
665 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
666 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
667 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
668 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
669 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
670 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
671 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
672 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
673 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
674 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
675 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
676 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
677 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
678 [D8] Autosave content #3426
679 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
680 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
681 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
682 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
683 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
684 Create a printable Status Report #5821
685 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
686 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
687 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
688 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
689 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
690 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
691 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
692 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
693 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
694 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
695 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
696 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
697 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
698 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
699 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
700 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929

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