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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 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
602 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
603 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
604 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
605 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
606 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
607 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
608 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
609 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
610 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
611 Add an upgrade path from menu_block to core menu blocks. #3681
612 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
613 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
614 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
615 Redirects write to json files? #4001
616 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
617 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
618 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
619 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
620 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
621 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
622 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
623 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
624 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
625 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
626 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
627 Add a "Make Permanent" action for the manage files listing #3825
628 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
629 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
630 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
631 Front page to be configurable by language #3500
632 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
633 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
634 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
635 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
636 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
637 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
638 [A11Y] Provide a dark (or high-contrast) version of Seven #3990
639 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
640 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
641 Create a printable Status Report #5821
642 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
643 [UX] Add youtube field, or video embed field to core. Integrate with media library. #3661
644 Custom Block contextual link #4390
645 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
646 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
647 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
648 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
649 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
650 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
651 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
652 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
653 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
654 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
655 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
656 [META][UX][DX] Overhaul User module permissions and the respective admin UI #3815
657 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
658 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
659 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
660 Allow obsolete config strings to be culled from localization table #3452
661 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
662 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
663 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
664 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
665 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
666 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
667 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
668 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
669 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
670 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
671 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
672 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
673 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
674 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
675 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
676 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
677 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
678 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
679 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
680 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
681 Apply image style to default picture #4976
682 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
683 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
684 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
685 Remove syslog module from core #1260
686 [D8] Autosave content #3426
687 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
688 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
689 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
690 [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
691 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
692 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
693 Add a new core theme #5175
694 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
695 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
696 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
697 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
698 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
699 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
700 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368

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