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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] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
602 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
603 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
604 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
605 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
606 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
607 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
608 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
609 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
610 [D9] Allow adding descriptions to user roles (and show them in the roles listing page) #5748
611 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
612 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
613 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
614 Add context handling to Views blocks #5995
615 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
616 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
617 Add a wrapper to make tables "responsive" #6008
618 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
619 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
620 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
621 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
622 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
623 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
624 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
625 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
626 Allow taxonomy term for layout block visibility #5612
627 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
628 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
629 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
630 [UX] When a new content type is created, automatically assign permissions to the "Editor" role #5885
631 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
632 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
633 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
634 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
635 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
636 uuid and entity import / export #890
637 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
638 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
639 More useful tags for views #6268
640 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
641 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
642 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
643 [DX] Disabling a field should not update the weights of all fields #5755
644 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
645 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
646 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
647 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
648 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
649 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
650 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
651 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
652 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
653 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
654 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
655 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
656 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
657 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
658 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
659 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
660 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
661 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
662 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
663 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
664 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
665 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
666 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
667 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
668 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
669 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
670 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
671 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
672 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
673 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
674 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
675 Mobile first approach theme #4131
676 Add a new core theme #5175
677 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
678 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
679 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
680 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
681 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
682 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
683 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
684 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
685 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
686 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
687 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
688 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
689 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
690 Apply image style to default picture #4976
691 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
692 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
693 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
694 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
695 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
696 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
697 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
698 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
699 Provide an option to customize text for the "required" indicator and validation error for fields. #5507
700 Search terms along with nodes #3850

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