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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 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
602 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
603 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
604 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
605 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
606 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
607 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
608 More useful tags for views #6268
609 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
610 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
611 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
612 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
613 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
614 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
615 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
616 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
617 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
618 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
619 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
620 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
621 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
622 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
623 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
624 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
625 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
626 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
627 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
628 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
629 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
630 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
631 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
632 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
633 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
634 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
635 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
636 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
637 [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
638 Use config for color module palettes #2554
639 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
640 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
641 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
642 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
643 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
644 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
645 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
646 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
647 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
648 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
649 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
650 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
651 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
652 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
653 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
654 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
655 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
656 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
657 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
658 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
659 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
660 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
661 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
662 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
663 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
664 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
665 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
666 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
667 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
668 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
669 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
670 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
671 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
672 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
673 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
674 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
675 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
676 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
677 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
678 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
679 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
680 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
681 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
682 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
683 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
684 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
685 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
686 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
687 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
688 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
689 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
690 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
691 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
692 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
693 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
694 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
695 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
696 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
697 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
698 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
699 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
700 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762

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