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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 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
602 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
603 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
604 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
605 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
606 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
607 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
608 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
609 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
610 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
611 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
612 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
613 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
614 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
615 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
616 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
617 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
618 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
619 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
620 Add global site logo token #5871
621 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
622 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
623 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
624 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
625 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
626 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
627 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
628 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
629 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
630 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
631 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
632 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
633 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
634 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
635 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
636 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
637 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
638 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
639 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
640 [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
641 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
642 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
643 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
644 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
645 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
646 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
647 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
648 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
649 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
650 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
651 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
652 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
653 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
654 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
655 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
656 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
657 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
658 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
659 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
660 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
661 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
662 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
663 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
664 [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
665 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
666 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
667 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
668 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
669 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
670 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
671 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
672 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
673 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
674 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
675 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
676 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
677 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
678 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
679 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
680 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
681 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
682 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
683 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
684 [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
685 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
686 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
687 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
688 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
689 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
690 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
691 Disable unused layout templates #5068
692 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
693 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
694 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
695 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
696 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
697 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
698 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
699 Comment administration improvements #2919
700 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041

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