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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 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
602 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
603 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
604 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
605 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
606 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
607 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
608 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
609 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
610 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
611 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
612 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
613 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
614 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
615 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
616 Custom Block contextual link #4390
617 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
618 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
619 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
620 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
621 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
622 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
623 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
624 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
625 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
626 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
627 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
628 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
629 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
630 Disable unused layout templates #5068
631 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
632 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
633 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
634 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
635 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
636 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
637 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
638 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
639 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
640 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
641 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
642 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
643 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
644 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
645 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
646 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
647 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
648 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
649 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
650 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
651 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
652 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
653 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
654 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
655 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
656 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
657 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
658 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
659 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
660 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
661 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
662 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
663 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
664 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
665 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
666 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
667 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
668 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
669 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
670 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
671 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
672 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
673 Add function that returns default config #3251
674 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
675 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
676 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
677 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
678 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
679 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
680 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
681 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
682 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
683 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
684 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
685 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
686 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
687 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
688 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
689 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
690 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
691 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
692 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
693 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
694 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
695 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
696 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
697 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
698 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
699 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
700 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587

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