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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 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
602 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
603 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
604 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
605 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
606 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
607 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
608 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
609 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
610 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
611 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
612 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
613 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
614 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
615 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
616 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
617 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
618 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
619 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
620 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
621 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
622 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
623 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
624 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
625 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
626 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
627 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
628 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
629 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
630 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
631 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
632 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
633 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
634 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
635 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
636 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
637 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
638 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
639 'Unused' module detector #5020
640 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
641 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
642 Search terms along with nodes #3850
643 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
644 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
645 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
646 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
647 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
648 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
649 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
650 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
651 [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
652 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
653 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
654 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
655 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
656 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
657 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
658 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
659 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
660 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
661 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
662 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
663 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
664 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
665 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
666 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
667 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
668 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
669 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
670 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
671 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
672 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
673 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
674 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
675 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
676 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
677 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
678 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
679 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
680 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
681 [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
682 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
683 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
684 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
685 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
686 [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
687 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
688 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
689 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
690 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
691 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
692 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
693 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
694 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
695 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
696 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
697 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
698 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
699 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
700 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438

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