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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 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
602 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
603 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
604 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
605 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
606 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
607 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
608 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
609 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
610 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
611 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
612 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
613 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
614 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
615 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
616 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
617 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
618 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
619 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
620 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
621 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
622 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
623 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
624 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
625 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
626 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
627 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
628 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
629 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
630 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
631 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
632 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
633 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
634 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
635 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
636 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
637 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
638 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
639 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
640 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
641 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
642 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
643 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
644 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
645 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
646 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
647 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
648 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
649 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
650 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
651 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
652 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
653 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
654 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
655 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
656 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
657 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
658 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
659 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
660 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
661 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
662 Add state_override function to core #4725
663 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
664 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
665 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
666 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
667 Create "Current Node" block #5774
668 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
669 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
670 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
671 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
672 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
673 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
674 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
675 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
676 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
677 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
678 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
679 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
680 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
681 [D8] Autosave content #3426
682 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
683 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
684 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
685 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
686 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
687 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
688 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
689 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
690 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
691 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
692 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
693 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
694 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
695 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
696 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
697 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
698 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
699 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
700 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648

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