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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 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
602 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
603 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
604 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
605 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
606 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
607 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
608 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
609 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
610 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
611 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
612 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
613 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
614 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
615 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
616 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
617 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
618 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
619 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
620 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
621 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
622 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
623 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
624 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
625 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
626 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
627 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
628 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
629 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
630 uuid and entity import / export #890
631 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
632 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
633 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
634 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
635 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
636 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
637 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
638 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
639 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
640 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
641 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
642 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
643 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
644 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
645 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
646 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
647 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
648 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
649 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
650 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
651 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
652 [Multisite] Provide option for installing global or site-specific projects via the UI #3274
653 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
654 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
655 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
656 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
657 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
658 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
659 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
660 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
661 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
662 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
663 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
664 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
665 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
666 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
667 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
668 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
669 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
670 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
671 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
672 Add a new core theme #5175
673 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
674 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
675 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
676 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
677 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
678 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
679 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
680 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
681 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
682 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
683 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
684 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
685 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
686 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
687 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
688 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
689 Apply image style to default picture #4976
690 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
691 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
692 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
693 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
694 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
695 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
696 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
697 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
698 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
699 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
700 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029

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