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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] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
602 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
603 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
604 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
605 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
606 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
607 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
608 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
609 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
610 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
611 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
612 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
613 Comment administration improvements #2919
614 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
615 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
616 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
617 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
618 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
619 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
620 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
621 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
622 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
623 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
624 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
625 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
626 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
627 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
628 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
629 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
630 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
631 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
632 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
633 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
634 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
635 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
636 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
637 Add global site logo token #5871
638 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
639 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
640 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
641 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
642 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
643 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
644 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
645 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
646 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
647 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
648 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
649 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
650 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
651 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
652 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
653 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
654 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
655 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
656 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
657 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
658 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
659 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
660 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
661 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
662 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
663 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
664 Allow regions titles #2647
665 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
666 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
667 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
668 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
669 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
670 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
671 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
672 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
673 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
674 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
675 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
676 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
677 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
678 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
679 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
680 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
681 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
682 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
683 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
684 [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
685 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
686 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
687 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
688 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
689 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
690 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
691 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
692 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
693 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
694 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
695 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
696 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
697 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
698 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
699 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
700 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205

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