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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 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
602 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
603 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
604 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
605 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
606 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
607 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
608 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
609 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
610 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
611 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
612 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
613 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
614 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
615 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
616 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
617 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
618 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
619 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
620 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
621 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
622 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
623 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
624 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
625 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
626 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
627 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
628 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
629 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
630 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
631 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
632 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
633 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
634 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
635 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
636 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
637 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
638 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
639 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
640 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
641 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
642 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
643 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
644 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
645 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
646 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
647 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
648 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
649 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
650 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
651 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
652 More useful tags for views #6268
653 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
654 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
655 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
656 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
657 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
658 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
659 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
660 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
661 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
662 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
663 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
664 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
665 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
666 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
667 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
668 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
669 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
670 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
671 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
672 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
673 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
674 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
675 Add layouts into the search index #5128
676 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
677 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
678 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
679 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
680 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
681 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
682 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
683 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
684 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
685 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
686 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
687 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
688 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
689 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
690 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
691 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
692 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
693 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
694 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
695 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
696 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
697 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
698 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
699 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
700 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682

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