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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 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
602 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
603 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
604 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
605 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
606 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
607 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
608 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
609 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
610 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
611 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
612 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
613 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
614 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
615 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
616 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
617 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
618 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
619 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
620 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
621 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
622 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
623 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
624 [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
625 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
626 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
627 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
628 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
629 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
630 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
631 Add layouts into the search index #5128
632 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
633 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
634 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
635 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
636 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
637 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
638 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
639 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
640 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
641 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
642 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
643 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
644 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
645 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
646 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
647 Better Book navigation links #4879
648 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
649 Allow comment types independent of content types #2049
650 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
651 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
652 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
653 Redirects write to json files? #4001
654 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
655 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
656 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
657 uuid and entity import / export #890
658 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
659 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
660 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
661 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
662 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
663 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
664 Changing theme cache workflow #2349
665 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
666 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
667 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
668 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
669 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
670 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
671 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
672 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
673 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
674 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
675 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
676 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
677 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
678 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
679 [UX] Consider saving changes to custom block text without requiring a second save. #2038
680 Custom Block contextual link #4390
681 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
682 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
683 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
684 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
685 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
686 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
687 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
688 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
689 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
690 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
691 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
692 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
693 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
694 [UX] Project Browser: Add links with helper actions (configure/settings/enable) next to project installation status. #2335
695 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
696 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
697 [UX] Admin bar: allow search results to be selected via keyboard up/down buttons. #1850
698 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
699 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
700 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186

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