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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 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
602 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
603 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
604 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
605 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
606 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
607 Add state_override function to core #4725
608 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
609 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
610 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
611 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
612 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
613 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
614 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
615 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
616 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
617 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
618 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
619 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
620 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
621 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
622 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
623 Create a printable Status Report #5821
624 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
625 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
626 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
627 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
628 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
629 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
630 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
631 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
632 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
633 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
634 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
635 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
636 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
637 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
638 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
639 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
640 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
641 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
642 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
643 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
644 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
645 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
646 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
647 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
648 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
649 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
650 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
651 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
652 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
653 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
654 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
655 [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
656 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
657 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
658 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
659 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
660 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
661 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
662 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
663 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
664 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
665 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
666 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
667 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
668 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
669 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
670 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
671 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
672 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
673 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
674 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
675 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
676 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
677 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
678 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
679 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
680 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
681 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
682 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
683 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
684 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
685 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
686 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
687 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
688 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
689 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
690 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
691 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
692 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
693 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
694 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
695 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
696 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
697 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
698 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
699 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
700 Cache settings via admin section #1434

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