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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 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
602 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
603 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
604 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
605 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
606 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
607 [WP] Media Library #3203
608 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
609 [A11Y] Switch Admin Bar to using Smart Menus #2809
610 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
611 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
612 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
613 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
614 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
615 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
616 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
617 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
618 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
619 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
620 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
621 Add custom block option to follow the translation system easily #2991
622 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
623 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
624 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
625 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
626 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
627 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
628 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
629 Apply image style to default picture #4976
630 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
631 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
632 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
633 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
634 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
635 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
636 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
637 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
638 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
639 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
640 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
641 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
642 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
643 Add a new core theme #5175
644 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
645 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
646 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
647 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
648 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
649 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
650 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
651 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
652 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
653 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
654 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
655 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
656 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
657 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
658 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
659 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
660 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
661 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
662 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
663 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
664 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
665 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
666 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
667 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
668 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
669 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
670 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
671 Showcase core features during install #4138
672 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
673 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
674 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
675 Content creation page cleanup #202
676 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
677 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
678 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
679 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
680 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
681 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
682 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
683 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
684 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
685 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
686 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
687 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
688 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
689 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
690 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
691 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
692 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
693 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
694 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
695 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
696 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
697 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
698 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
699 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
700 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612

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