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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] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
602 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
603 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
604 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
605 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
606 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
607 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
608 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
609 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
610 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
611 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
612 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
613 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
614 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
615 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
616 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
617 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
618 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
619 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
620 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
621 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
622 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
623 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
624 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
625 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
626 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
627 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
628 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
629 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
630 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
631 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
632 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
633 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
634 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
635 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
636 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
637 Cache settings via admin section #1434
638 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
639 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
640 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
641 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
642 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
643 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
644 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
645 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
646 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
647 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
648 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
649 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
650 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
651 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
652 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
653 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
654 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
655 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
656 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
657 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
658 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
659 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
660 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
661 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
662 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
663 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
664 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
665 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
666 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
667 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
668 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
669 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
670 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
671 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
672 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
673 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
674 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
675 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
676 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
677 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
678 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
679 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
680 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
681 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
682 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
683 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
684 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
685 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
686 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
687 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
688 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
689 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
690 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
691 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
692 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
693 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
694 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
695 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
696 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
697 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
698 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
699 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
700 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737

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