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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] Set date formats by country #1521
602 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
603 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
604 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
605 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
606 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
607 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
608 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
609 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
610 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
611 Allow specifying optional tags for blocks #3837
612 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
613 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
614 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
615 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
616 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
617 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
618 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
619 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
620 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
621 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
622 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
623 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
624 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
625 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
626 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
627 Create a printable Status Report #5821
628 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
629 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
630 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
631 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
632 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
633 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
634 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
635 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
636 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
637 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
638 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
639 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
640 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
641 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
642 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
643 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
644 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
645 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
646 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
647 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
648 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
649 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
650 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
651 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
652 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
653 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
654 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
655 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
656 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
657 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
658 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
659 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
660 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
661 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
662 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
663 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
664 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
665 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
666 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
667 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
668 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
669 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
670 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
671 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
672 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
673 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
674 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
675 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
676 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
677 Add a new core theme #5175
678 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
679 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
680 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
681 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
682 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
683 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
684 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
685 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
686 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
687 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
688 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
689 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
690 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
691 [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
692 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
693 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
694 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
695 Apply image style to default picture #4976
696 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
697 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
698 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
699 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
700 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952

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