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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 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
602 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
603 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
604 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
605 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
606 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
607 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
608 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
609 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
610 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
611 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
612 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
613 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
614 More useful tags for views #6268
615 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
616 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
617 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
618 Remove syslog module from core #1260
619 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
620 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
621 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
622 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
623 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
624 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
625 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
626 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
627 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
628 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
629 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
630 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
631 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
632 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
633 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
634 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
635 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
636 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
637 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
638 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
639 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
640 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
641 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
642 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
643 [UX] Branding and Version info on Installation Screens #1584
644 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
645 Do not allow modules to be enabled at all if they have conflicting config file names with any existing config. #1242
646 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
647 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
648 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
649 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
650 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
651 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
652 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
653 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
654 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
655 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
656 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
657 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
658 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
659 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
660 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
661 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
662 [UX] Token browser dialog: increase width (and height?). #1038
663 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
664 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
665 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
666 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
667 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
668 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
669 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
670 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
671 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
672 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
673 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
674 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
675 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
676 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
677 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
678 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
679 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
680 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
681 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
682 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
683 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
684 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
685 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
686 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
687 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
688 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
689 Create a printable Status Report #5821
690 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
691 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
692 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
693 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
694 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
695 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
696 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
697 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
698 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
699 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
700 CKEditor5 Sections #5115

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