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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] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
602 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
603 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
604 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
605 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
606 VBO: option for separate button per action & option to override labels #802
607 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
608 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
609 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
610 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
611 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
612 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
613 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
614 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
615 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
616 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
617 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
618 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
619 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
620 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
621 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
622 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
623 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
624 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
625 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
626 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
627 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
628 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
629 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
630 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
631 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
632 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
633 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
634 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
635 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
636 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
637 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
638 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
639 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
640 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
641 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
642 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
643 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
644 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
645 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
646 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
647 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
648 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
649 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
650 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
651 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
652 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
653 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
654 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
655 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
656 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
657 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
658 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
659 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
660 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
661 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
662 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
663 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
664 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
665 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
666 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
667 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
668 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
669 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
670 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
671 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
672 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
673 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
674 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
675 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
676 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
677 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
678 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
679 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
680 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
681 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
682 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
683 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
684 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
685 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
686 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
687 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
688 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
689 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
690 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
691 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
692 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
693 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
694 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
695 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
696 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
697 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
698 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
699 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
700 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701

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