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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] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
602 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
603 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
604 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
605 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
606 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
607 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
608 Create a new cropped image style specifically for cards #5607
609 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
610 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
611 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
612 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
613 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
614 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
615 More useful tags for views #6268
616 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
617 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
618 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
619 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
620 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
621 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
622 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
623 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
624 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
625 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
626 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
627 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
628 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
629 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
630 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
631 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
632 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
633 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
634 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
635 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
636 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
637 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
638 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
639 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
640 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
641 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
642 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
643 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
644 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
645 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
646 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
647 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
648 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
649 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
650 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
651 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
652 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
653 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
654 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
655 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
656 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
657 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
658 Add function that returns default config #3251
659 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
660 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
661 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
662 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
663 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
664 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
665 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
666 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
667 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
668 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
669 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
670 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
671 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
672 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
673 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
674 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
675 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
676 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
677 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
678 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
679 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
680 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
681 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
682 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
683 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
684 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
685 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
686 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
687 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
688 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
689 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
690 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
691 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
692 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
693 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
694 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
695 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
696 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
697 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
698 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
699 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
700 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347

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