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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] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
602 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
603 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
604 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
605 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
606 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
607 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
608 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
609 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
610 Add state_override function to core #4725
611 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
612 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
613 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
614 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
615 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
616 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
617 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
618 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
619 Redirects write to json files? #4001
620 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
621 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
622 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
623 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
624 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
625 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
626 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
627 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
628 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
629 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
630 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
631 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
632 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
633 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
634 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
635 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
636 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
637 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
638 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
639 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
640 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
641 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
642 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
643 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
644 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
645 Custom Block contextual link #4390
646 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
647 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
648 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
649 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
650 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
651 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
652 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
653 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
654 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
655 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
656 More useful tags for views #6268
657 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
658 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
659 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
660 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
661 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
662 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
663 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
664 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
665 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
666 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
667 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
668 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
669 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
670 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
671 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
672 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
673 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
674 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
675 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
676 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
677 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
678 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
679 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
680 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
681 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
682 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
683 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
684 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
685 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
686 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
687 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
688 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
689 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
690 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
691 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
692 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
693 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
694 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
695 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
696 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
697 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
698 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
699 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
700 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123

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