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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 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
602 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
603 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
604 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
605 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
606 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
607 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
608 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
609 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
610 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
611 Showcase core features during install #4138
612 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
613 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
614 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
615 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
616 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
617 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
618 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
619 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
620 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
621 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
622 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
623 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
624 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
625 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
626 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
627 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
628 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
629 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
630 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
631 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
632 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
633 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
634 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
635 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
636 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
637 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
638 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
639 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
640 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
641 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
642 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
643 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
644 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
645 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
646 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
647 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
648 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
649 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
650 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
651 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
652 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
653 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
654 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
655 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
656 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
657 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
658 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
659 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
660 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
661 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
662 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
663 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
664 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
665 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
666 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
667 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
668 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
669 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
670 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
671 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
672 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
673 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
674 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
675 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
676 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
677 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
678 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
679 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
680 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
681 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
682 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
683 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
684 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
685 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
686 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
687 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
688 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
689 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
690 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
691 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
692 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
693 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
694 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
695 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
696 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
697 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
698 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
699 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
700 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337

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