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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 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
602 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
603 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
604 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
605 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
606 [UX] [multilingual] Translated blocks are too hard to use #3514
607 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
608 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
609 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
610 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
611 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
612 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
613 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
614 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
615 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
616 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
617 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
618 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
619 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
620 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
621 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
622 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
623 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
624 Cache settings via admin section #1434
625 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
626 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
627 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
628 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
629 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
630 uuid and entity import / export #890
631 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
632 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
633 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
634 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
635 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
636 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
637 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
638 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
639 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
640 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
641 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
642 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
643 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
644 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
645 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
646 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
647 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
648 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
649 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
650 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
651 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
652 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
653 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
654 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
655 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
656 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
657 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
658 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
659 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
660 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
661 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
662 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
663 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
664 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
665 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
666 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
667 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
668 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
669 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
670 [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
671 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
672 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
673 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
674 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
675 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
676 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
677 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
678 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
679 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
680 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
681 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
682 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
683 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
684 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
685 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
686 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
687 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
688 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
689 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
690 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
691 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
692 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
693 [D8] Autosave content #3426
694 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
695 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
696 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
697 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
698 Comment administration improvements #2919
699 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
700 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475

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