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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 Create "Current Node" block #5774
602 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
603 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
604 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
605 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
606 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
607 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
608 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
609 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
610 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
611 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
612 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
613 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
614 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
615 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
616 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
617 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
618 Rename default Contact form category #4703
619 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
620 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
621 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
622 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
623 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
624 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
625 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
626 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
627 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
628 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
629 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
630 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
631 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
632 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
633 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
634 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
635 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
636 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
637 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
638 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
639 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
640 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
641 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
642 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
643 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
644 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
645 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
646 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
647 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
648 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
649 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
650 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
651 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
652 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
653 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
654 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
655 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
656 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
657 Trim textfields? #6386
658 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
659 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
660 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
661 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
662 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
663 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
664 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
665 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
666 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
667 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
668 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
669 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
670 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
671 Seventy two theme #5928
672 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
673 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
674 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
675 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
676 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
677 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
678 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
679 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
680 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
681 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
682 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
683 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
684 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
685 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
686 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
687 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
688 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
689 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
690 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
691 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
692 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
693 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
694 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
695 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
696 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
697 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
698 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
699 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
700 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673

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