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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 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
602 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
603 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
604 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
605 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
606 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
607 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
608 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
609 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
610 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
611 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
612 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
613 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
614 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
615 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
616 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
617 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
618 [WP] Media Library #3203
619 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
620 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
621 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
622 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
623 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
624 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
625 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
626 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
627 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
628 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
629 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
630 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
631 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
632 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
633 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
634 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
635 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
636 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
637 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
638 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
639 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
640 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
641 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
642 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
643 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
644 'Unused' module detector #5020
645 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
646 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
647 Search terms along with nodes #3850
648 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
649 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
650 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
651 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
652 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
653 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
654 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
655 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
656 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
657 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
658 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
659 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
660 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
661 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
662 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
663 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
664 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
665 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
666 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
667 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
668 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
669 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
670 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
671 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
672 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
673 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
674 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
675 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
676 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
677 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
678 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
679 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
680 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
681 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
682 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
683 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
684 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
685 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
686 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
687 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
688 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
689 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
690 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
691 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
692 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
693 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
694 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
695 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
696 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
697 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
698 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
699 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
700 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093

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