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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] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
602 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
603 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
604 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
605 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
606 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
607 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
608 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
609 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
610 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
611 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
612 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
613 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
614 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
615 Custom Block contextual link #4390
616 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
617 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
618 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
619 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
620 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
621 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
622 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
623 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
624 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
625 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
626 Allow altering image style urls #5745
627 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
628 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
629 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
630 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
631 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
632 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
633 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
634 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
635 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
636 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
637 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
638 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
639 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
640 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
641 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
642 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
643 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
644 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
645 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
646 Add function that returns default config #3251
647 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
648 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
649 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
650 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
651 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
652 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
653 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
654 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
655 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
656 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
657 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
658 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
659 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
660 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
661 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
662 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
663 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
664 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
665 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
666 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
667 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
668 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
669 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
670 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
671 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
672 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
673 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
674 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
675 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
676 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
677 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
678 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
679 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
680 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
681 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
682 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
683 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
684 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
685 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
686 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
687 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
688 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
689 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
690 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
691 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
692 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
693 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
694 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
695 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
696 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
697 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
698 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
699 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
700 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61

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