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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 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
602 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
603 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
604 Create "Current Node" block #5774
605 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
606 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
607 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
608 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
609 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
610 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
611 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
612 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
613 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
614 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
615 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
616 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
617 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
618 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
619 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
620 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
621 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
622 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
623 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
624 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
625 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
626 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
627 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
628 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
629 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
630 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
631 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
632 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
633 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
634 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
635 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
636 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
637 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
638 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
639 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
640 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
641 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
642 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
643 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
644 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
645 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
646 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
647 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
648 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
649 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
650 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
651 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
652 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
653 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
654 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
655 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
656 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
657 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
658 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
659 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
660 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
661 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
662 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
663 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
664 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
665 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
666 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
667 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
668 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
669 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
670 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
671 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
672 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
673 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
674 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
675 Seventy two theme #5928
676 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
677 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
678 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
679 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
680 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
681 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
682 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
683 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
684 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
685 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
686 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
687 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
688 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
689 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
690 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
691 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
692 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
693 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
694 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
695 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
696 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
697 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
698 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
699 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
700 Make new field labels visible by default #6192

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