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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 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
602 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
603 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
604 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
605 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
606 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
607 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
608 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
609 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
610 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
611 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
612 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
613 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
614 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
615 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
616 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
617 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
618 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
619 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
620 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
621 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
622 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
623 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
624 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
625 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
626 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
627 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
628 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
629 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
630 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
631 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
632 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
633 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
634 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
635 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
636 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
637 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
638 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
639 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
640 'Unused' module detector #5020
641 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
642 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
643 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
644 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
645 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
646 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
647 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
648 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
649 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
650 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
651 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
652 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
653 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
654 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
655 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
656 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
657 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
658 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
659 Create "Current Node" block #5774
660 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
661 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
662 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
663 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
664 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
665 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
666 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
667 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
668 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
669 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
670 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
671 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
672 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
673 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
674 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
675 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
676 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
677 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
678 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
679 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
680 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
681 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
682 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
683 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
684 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
685 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
686 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
687 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
688 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
689 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
690 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
691 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
692 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
693 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
694 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
695 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
696 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
697 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
698 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
699 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
700 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970

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