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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] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
602 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
603 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
604 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
605 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
606 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
607 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
608 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
609 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
610 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
611 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
612 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
613 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
614 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
615 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
616 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
617 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
618 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
619 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
620 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
621 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
622 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
623 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
624 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
625 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
626 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
627 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
628 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
629 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
630 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
631 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
632 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
633 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
634 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
635 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
636 Search terms along with nodes #3850
637 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
638 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
639 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
640 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
641 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
642 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
643 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
644 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
645 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
646 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
647 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
648 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
649 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
650 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
651 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
652 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
653 Create a printable Status Report #5821
654 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
655 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
656 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
657 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
658 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
659 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
660 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
661 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
662 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
663 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
664 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
665 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
666 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
667 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
668 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
669 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
670 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
671 Add a new core theme #5175
672 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
673 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
674 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
675 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
676 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
677 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
678 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
679 Comment administration improvements #2919
680 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
681 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
682 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
683 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
684 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
685 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
686 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
687 Apply image style to default picture #4976
688 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
689 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
690 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
691 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
692 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
693 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
694 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
695 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
696 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
697 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
698 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
699 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
700 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460

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