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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 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
602 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
603 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
604 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
605 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
606 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
607 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
608 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
609 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
610 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
611 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
612 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
613 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
614 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
615 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
616 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
617 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
618 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
619 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
620 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
621 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
622 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
623 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
624 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
625 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
626 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
627 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
628 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
629 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
630 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
631 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
632 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
633 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
634 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
635 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
636 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
637 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
638 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
639 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
640 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
641 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
642 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
643 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
644 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
645 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
646 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
647 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
648 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
649 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
650 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
651 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
652 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
653 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
654 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
655 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
656 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
657 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
658 Create "Current Node" block #5774
659 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
660 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
661 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
662 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
663 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
664 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
665 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
666 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
667 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
668 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
669 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
670 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
671 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
672 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
673 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
674 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
675 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
676 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
677 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
678 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
679 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
680 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
681 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
682 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
683 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
684 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
685 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
686 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
687 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
688 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
689 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
690 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
691 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
692 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
693 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
694 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
695 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
696 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
697 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
698 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
699 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
700 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667

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