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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 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
602 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
603 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
604 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
605 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
606 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
607 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
608 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
609 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
610 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
611 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
612 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
613 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
614 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
615 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
616 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
617 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
618 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
619 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
620 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
621 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
622 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
623 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
624 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
625 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
626 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
627 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
628 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
629 Menu router refactoring #2400
630 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
631 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
632 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
633 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
634 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
635 More useful tags for views #6268
636 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
637 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
638 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
639 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
640 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
641 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
642 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
643 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
644 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
645 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
646 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
647 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
648 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
649 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
650 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
651 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
652 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
653 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
654 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
655 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
656 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
657 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
658 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
659 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
660 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
661 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
662 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
663 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
664 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
665 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
666 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
667 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
668 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
669 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
670 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
671 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
672 Mobile first approach theme #4131
673 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
674 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
675 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
676 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
677 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
678 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
679 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
680 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
681 uuid and entity import / export #890
682 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
683 Add layouts into the search index #5128
684 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
685 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
686 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
687 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
688 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
689 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
690 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
691 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
692 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
693 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
694 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
695 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
696 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
697 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
698 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
699 Better Book navigation links #4879
700 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368

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