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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 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
602 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
603 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
604 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
605 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
606 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
607 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
608 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
609 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
610 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
611 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
612 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
613 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
614 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
615 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
616 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
617 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
618 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
619 Seventy two theme #5928
620 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
621 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
622 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
623 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
624 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
625 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
626 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
627 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
628 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
629 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
630 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
631 Add layouts into the search index #5128
632 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
633 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
634 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
635 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
636 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
637 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
638 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
639 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
640 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
641 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
642 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
643 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
644 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
645 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
646 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
647 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
648 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
649 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
650 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
651 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
652 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
653 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
654 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
655 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
656 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
657 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
658 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
659 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
660 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
661 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
662 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
663 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
664 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
665 Redirects write to json files? #4001
666 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
667 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
668 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
669 Better Book navigation links #4879
670 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
671 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
672 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
673 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
674 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
675 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
676 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
677 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
678 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
679 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
680 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
681 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
682 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
683 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
684 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
685 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
686 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
687 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
688 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
689 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
690 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
691 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
692 Custom Block contextual link #4390
693 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
694 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
695 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
696 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
697 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
698 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
699 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
700 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222

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