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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 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
602 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
603 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
604 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
605 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
606 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
607 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
608 Create "Current Node" block #5774
609 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
610 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
611 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
612 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
613 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
614 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
615 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
616 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
617 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
618 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
619 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
620 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
621 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
622 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
623 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
624 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
625 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
626 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
627 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
628 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
629 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
630 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
631 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
632 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
633 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
634 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
635 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
636 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
637 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
638 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
639 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
640 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
641 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
642 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
643 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
644 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
645 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
646 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
647 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
648 Content creation page cleanup #202
649 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
650 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
651 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
652 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
653 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
654 Seventy two theme #5928
655 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
656 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
657 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
658 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
659 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
660 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
661 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
662 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
663 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
664 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
665 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
666 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
667 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
668 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
669 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
670 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
671 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
672 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
673 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
674 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
675 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
676 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
677 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
678 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
679 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
680 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
681 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
682 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
683 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
684 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
685 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
686 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
687 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
688 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
689 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
690 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
691 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
692 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
693 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
694 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
695 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
696 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
697 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
698 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
699 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
700 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108

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