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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 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
602 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
603 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
604 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
605 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
606 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
607 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
608 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
609 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
610 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
611 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
612 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
613 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
614 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
615 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
616 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
617 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
618 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
619 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
620 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
621 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
622 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
623 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
624 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
625 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
626 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
627 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
628 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
629 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
630 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
631 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
632 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
633 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
634 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
635 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
636 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
637 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
638 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
639 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
640 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
641 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
642 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
643 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
644 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
645 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
646 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
647 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
648 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
649 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
650 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
651 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
652 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
653 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
654 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
655 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
656 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
657 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
658 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
659 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
660 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
661 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
662 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
663 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
664 Create a printable Status Report #5821
665 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
666 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
667 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
668 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
669 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
670 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
671 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
672 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
673 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
674 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
675 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
676 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
677 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
678 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
679 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
680 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
681 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
682 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
683 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
684 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
685 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
686 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
687 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
688 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
689 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
690 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
691 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
692 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
693 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
694 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
695 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
696 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
697 Showcase core features during install #4138
698 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
699 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
700 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929

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