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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 users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
602 Search terms along with nodes #3850
603 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
604 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
605 Better Book navigation links #4879
606 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
607 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
608 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
609 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
610 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
611 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
612 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
613 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
614 [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
615 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
616 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
617 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
618 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
619 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
620 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
621 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
622 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
623 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
624 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
625 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
626 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
627 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
628 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
629 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
630 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
631 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
632 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
633 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
634 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
635 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
636 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
637 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
638 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
639 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
640 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
641 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
642 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
643 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
644 Create a printable Status Report #5821
645 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
646 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
647 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
648 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
649 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
650 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
651 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
652 Trim textfields? #6386
653 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
654 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
655 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
656 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
657 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
658 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
659 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
660 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
661 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
662 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
663 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
664 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
665 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
666 Redirects write to json files? #4001
667 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
668 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
669 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
670 Use config for color module palettes #2554
671 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
672 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
673 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
674 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
675 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
676 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
677 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
678 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
679 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
680 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
681 'Unused' module detector #5020
682 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
683 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
684 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
685 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
686 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
687 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
688 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
689 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
690 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
691 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
692 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
693 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
694 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
695 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
696 Custom Block contextual link #4390
697 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
698 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
699 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
700 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993

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