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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 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
602 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
603 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
604 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
605 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
606 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
607 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
608 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
609 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
610 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
611 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
612 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
613 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
614 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
615 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
616 Better Book navigation links #4879
617 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
618 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
619 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
620 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
621 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
622 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
623 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
624 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
625 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
626 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
627 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
628 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
629 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
630 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
631 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
632 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
633 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
634 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
635 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
636 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
637 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
638 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
639 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
640 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
641 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
642 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
643 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
644 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
645 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
646 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
647 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
648 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
649 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
650 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
651 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
652 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
653 Double click prevention #6393
654 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
655 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
656 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
657 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
658 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
659 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
660 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
661 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
662 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
663 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
664 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
665 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
666 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
667 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
668 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
669 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
670 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
671 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
672 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
673 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
674 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
675 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
676 Use config for color module palettes #2554
677 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
678 Create a printable Status Report #5821
679 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
680 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
681 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
682 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
683 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
684 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
685 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
686 'Unused' module detector #5020
687 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
688 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
689 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
690 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
691 Mobile first approach theme #4131
692 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
693 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
694 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
695 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
696 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
697 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
698 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
699 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
700 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217

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