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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] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
602 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
603 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
604 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
605 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
606 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
607 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
608 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
609 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
610 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
611 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
612 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
613 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
614 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
615 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
616 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
617 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
618 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
619 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
620 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
621 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
622 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
623 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
624 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
625 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
626 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
627 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
628 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
629 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
630 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
631 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
632 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
633 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
634 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
635 Mobile first approach theme #4131
636 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
637 Create a printable Status Report #5821
638 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
639 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
640 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
641 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
642 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
643 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
644 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
645 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
646 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
647 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
648 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
649 Add function that returns default config #3251
650 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
651 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
652 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
653 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
654 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
655 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
656 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
657 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
658 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
659 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
660 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
661 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
662 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
663 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
664 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
665 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
666 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
667 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
668 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
669 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
670 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
671 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
672 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
673 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
674 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
675 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
676 Menu router refactoring #2400
677 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
678 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
679 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
680 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
681 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
682 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
683 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
684 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
685 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
686 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
687 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
688 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
689 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
690 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
691 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
692 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
693 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
694 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
695 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
696 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
697 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
698 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
699 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
700 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769

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