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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][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
602 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
603 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
604 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
605 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
606 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
607 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
608 Trim textfields? #6386
609 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
610 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
611 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
612 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
613 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
614 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
615 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
616 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
617 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
618 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
619 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
620 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
621 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
622 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
623 Add layouts into the search index #5128
624 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
625 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
626 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
627 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
628 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
629 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
630 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
631 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
632 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
633 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
634 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
635 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
636 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
637 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
638 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
639 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
640 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
641 Better Book navigation links #4879
642 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
643 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
644 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
645 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
646 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
647 Redirects write to json files? #4001
648 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
649 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
650 uuid and entity import / export #890
651 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
652 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
653 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
654 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
655 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
656 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
657 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
658 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
659 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
660 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
661 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
662 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
663 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
664 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
665 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
666 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
667 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
668 Double click prevention #6393
669 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
670 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
671 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
672 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
673 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
674 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
675 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
676 Custom Block contextual link #4390
677 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
678 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
679 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
680 [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
681 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
682 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
683 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
684 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
685 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
686 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
687 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
688 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
689 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
690 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
691 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
692 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
693 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
694 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
695 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
696 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
697 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
698 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
699 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
700 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464

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