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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 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
602 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
603 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
604 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
605 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
606 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
607 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
608 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
609 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
610 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
611 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
612 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
613 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
614 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
615 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
616 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
617 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
618 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
619 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
620 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
621 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
622 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
623 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
624 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
625 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
626 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
627 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
628 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
629 Add layouts into the search index #5128
630 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
631 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
632 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
633 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
634 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
635 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
636 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
637 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
638 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
639 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
640 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
641 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
642 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
643 Double click prevention #6393
644 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
645 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
646 Better Book navigation links #4879
647 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
648 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
649 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
650 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
651 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
652 Redirects write to json files? #4001
653 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
654 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
655 uuid and entity import / export #890
656 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
657 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
658 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
659 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
660 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
661 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
662 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
663 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
664 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
665 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
666 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
667 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
668 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
669 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
670 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
671 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
672 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
673 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
674 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
675 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
676 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
677 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
678 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
679 Custom Block contextual link #4390
680 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
681 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
682 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
683 [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
684 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
685 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
686 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
687 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
688 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
689 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
690 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
691 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
692 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
693 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
694 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
695 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
696 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
697 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
698 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
699 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
700 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439

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