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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] 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
602 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
603 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
604 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
605 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
606 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
607 Use config for color module palettes #2554
608 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
609 [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
610 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
611 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
612 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
613 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
614 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
615 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
616 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
617 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
618 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
619 Custom Block contextual link #4390
620 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
621 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
622 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
623 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
624 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
625 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
626 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
627 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
628 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
629 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
630 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
631 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
632 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
633 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
634 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
635 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
636 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
637 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
638 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
639 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
640 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
641 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
642 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
643 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
644 [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
645 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
646 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
647 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
648 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
649 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
650 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
651 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
652 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
653 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
654 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
655 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
656 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
657 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
658 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
659 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
660 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
661 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
662 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
663 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
664 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
665 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
666 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
667 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
668 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
669 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
670 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
671 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
672 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
673 Content creation page cleanup #202
674 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
675 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
676 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
677 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
678 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
679 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
680 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
681 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
682 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
683 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
684 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
685 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
686 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
687 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
688 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
689 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
690 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
691 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
692 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
693 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
694 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
695 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
696 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
697 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
698 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
699 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
700 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924

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