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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 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
602 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
603 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
604 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
605 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
606 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
607 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
608 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
609 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
610 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
611 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
612 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
613 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
614 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
615 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
616 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
617 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
618 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
619 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
620 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
621 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
622 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
623 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
624 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
625 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
626 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
627 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
628 [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
629 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
630 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
631 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
632 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
633 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
634 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
635 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
636 Seventy two theme #5928
637 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
638 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
639 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
640 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
641 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
642 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
643 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
644 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
645 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
646 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
647 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
648 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
649 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
650 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
651 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
652 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
653 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
654 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
655 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
656 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
657 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
658 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
659 [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
660 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
661 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
662 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
663 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
664 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
665 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
666 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
667 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
668 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
669 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
670 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
671 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
672 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
673 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
674 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
675 Add layouts into the search index #5128
676 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
677 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
678 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
679 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
680 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
681 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
682 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
683 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
684 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
685 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
686 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
687 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
688 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
689 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
690 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
691 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
692 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
693 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
694 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
695 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
696 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
697 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
698 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
699 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
700 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653

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