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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 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
602 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
603 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
604 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
605 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
606 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
607 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
608 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
609 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
610 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
611 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
612 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
613 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
614 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
615 Create "Current Node" block #5774
616 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
617 Apply image style to default picture #4976
618 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
619 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
620 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
621 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
622 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
623 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
624 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
625 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
626 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
627 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
628 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
629 Add a new core theme #5175
630 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
631 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
632 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
633 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
634 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
635 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
636 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
637 [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
638 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
639 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
640 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
641 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
642 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
643 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
644 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
645 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
646 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
647 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
648 Add function that returns default config #3251
649 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
650 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
651 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
652 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
653 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
654 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
655 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
656 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
657 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
658 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
659 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
660 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
661 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
662 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
663 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
664 Seventy two theme #5928
665 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
666 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
667 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
668 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
669 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
670 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
671 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
672 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
673 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
674 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
675 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
676 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
677 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
678 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
679 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
680 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
681 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
682 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
683 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
684 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
685 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
686 Menu router refactoring #2400
687 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
688 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
689 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
690 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
691 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
692 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
693 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
694 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
695 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
696 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
697 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
698 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
699 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
700 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238

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