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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 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
602 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
603 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
604 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
605 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
606 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
607 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
608 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
609 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
610 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
611 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
612 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
613 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
614 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
615 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
616 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
617 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
618 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
619 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
620 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
621 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
622 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
623 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
624 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
625 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
626 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
627 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
628 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
629 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
630 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
631 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
632 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
633 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
634 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
635 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
636 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
637 [D8] Autosave content #3426
638 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
639 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
640 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
641 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
642 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
643 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
644 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
645 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
646 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
647 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
648 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
649 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
650 Add global site logo token #5871
651 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
652 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
653 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
654 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
655 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
656 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
657 Add function that returns default config #3251
658 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
659 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
660 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
661 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
662 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
663 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
664 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
665 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
666 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
667 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
668 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
669 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
670 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
671 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
672 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
673 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
674 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
675 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
676 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
677 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
678 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
679 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
680 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
681 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
682 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
683 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
684 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
685 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
686 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
687 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
688 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
689 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
690 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
691 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
692 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
693 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
694 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
695 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
696 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
697 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
698 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
699 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
700 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007

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