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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 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
602 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
603 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
604 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
605 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
606 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
607 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
608 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
609 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
610 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
611 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
612 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
613 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
614 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
615 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
616 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
617 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
618 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
619 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
620 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
621 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
622 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
623 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
624 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
625 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
626 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
627 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
628 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
629 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
630 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
631 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
632 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
633 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
634 Create a printable Status Report #5821
635 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
636 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
637 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
638 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
639 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
640 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
641 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
642 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
643 Disable unused layout templates #5068
644 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
645 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
646 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
647 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
648 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
649 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
650 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
651 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
652 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
653 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
654 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
655 [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
656 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
657 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
658 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
659 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
660 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
661 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
662 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
663 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
664 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
665 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
666 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
667 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
668 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
669 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
670 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
671 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
672 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
673 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
674 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
675 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
676 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
677 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
678 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
679 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
680 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
681 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
682 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
683 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
684 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
685 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
686 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
687 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
688 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
689 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
690 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
691 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
692 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
693 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
694 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
695 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
696 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
697 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
698 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
699 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
700 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918

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