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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 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
602 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
603 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
604 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
605 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
606 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
607 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
608 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
609 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
610 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
611 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
612 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
613 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
614 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
615 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
616 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
617 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
618 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
619 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
620 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
621 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
622 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
623 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
624 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
625 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
626 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
627 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
628 Double click prevention #6393
629 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
630 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
631 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
632 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
633 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
634 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
635 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
636 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
637 [D10] Invoke hook after a site install is complete #5876
638 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
639 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
640 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
641 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
642 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
643 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
644 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
645 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
646 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
647 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
648 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
649 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
650 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
651 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
652 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
653 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
654 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
655 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
656 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
657 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
658 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
659 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
660 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
661 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
662 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
663 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
664 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
665 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
666 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
667 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
668 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
669 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
670 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
671 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
672 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
673 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
674 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
675 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
676 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
677 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
678 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
679 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
680 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
681 Apply image style to default picture #4976
682 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
683 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
684 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
685 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
686 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
687 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
688 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
689 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
690 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
691 Add a new core theme #5175
692 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
693 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
694 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
695 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
696 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
697 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
698 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
699 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
700 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032

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