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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 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
602 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
603 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
604 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
605 Rename default Contact form category #4703
606 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
607 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
608 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
609 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
610 [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
611 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
612 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
613 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
614 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
615 Add state_override function to core #4725
616 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
617 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
618 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
619 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
620 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
621 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
622 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
623 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
624 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
625 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
626 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
627 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
628 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
629 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
630 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
631 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
632 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
633 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
634 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
635 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
636 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
637 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
638 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
639 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
640 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
641 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
642 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
643 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
644 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
645 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
646 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
647 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
648 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
649 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
650 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
651 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
652 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
653 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
654 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
655 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
656 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
657 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
658 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
659 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
660 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
661 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
662 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
663 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
664 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
665 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
666 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
667 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
668 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
669 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
670 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
671 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
672 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
673 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
674 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
675 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
676 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
677 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
678 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
679 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
680 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
681 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
682 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
683 Create a printable Status Report #5821
684 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
685 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
686 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
687 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
688 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
689 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
690 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
691 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
692 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
693 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
694 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
695 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
696 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
697 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
698 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
699 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
700 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824

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