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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 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
602 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
603 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
604 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
605 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
606 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
607 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
608 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
609 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
610 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
611 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
612 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
613 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
614 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
615 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
616 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
617 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
618 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
619 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
620 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
621 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
622 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
623 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
624 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
625 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
626 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
627 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
628 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
629 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
630 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
631 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
632 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
633 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
634 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
635 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
636 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
637 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
638 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
639 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
640 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
641 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
642 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
643 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
644 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
645 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
646 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
647 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
648 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
649 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
650 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
651 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
652 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
653 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
654 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
655 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
656 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
657 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
658 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
659 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
660 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
661 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
662 Rename default Contact form category #4703
663 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
664 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
665 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
666 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
667 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
668 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
669 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
670 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
671 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
672 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
673 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
674 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
675 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
676 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
677 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
678 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
679 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
680 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
681 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
682 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
683 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
684 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
685 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
686 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
687 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
688 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
689 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
690 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
691 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
692 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
693 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
694 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
695 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
696 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
697 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
698 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
699 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
700 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520

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