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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 title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
602 Dashboard Module: Show link to manage existing nodes of specific content type #3944
603 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
604 Rename default Contact form category #4703
605 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
606 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
607 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
608 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
609 Seventy two theme #5928
610 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
611 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
612 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
613 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
614 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
615 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
616 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
617 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
618 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
619 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
620 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
621 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
622 [D8] Autosave content #3426
623 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
624 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
625 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
626 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
627 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
628 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
629 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
630 [DX] Change modals so special server whitelist is not required #3938
631 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
632 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
633 Provide additional permissions for the maintenance mode #3625
634 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
635 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
636 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
637 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
638 'Unused' module detector #5020
639 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
640 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
641 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
642 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
643 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
644 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
645 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
646 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
647 Double click prevention #6393
648 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
649 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
650 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
651 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
652 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
653 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
654 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
655 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
656 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
657 Allow install profiles to define dependencies other than modules #3926
658 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
659 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
660 Allow install profiles to define explicit/hard dependencies #3597
661 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
662 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
663 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
664 [UX] Hide/Show row weights should not be done globally without warning #750
665 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
666 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
667 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
668 Cached anonymous page and "background fetch" cause site rendering issues on LiteSpeed server #5525
669 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
670 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
671 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
672 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
673 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
674 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
675 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
676 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
677 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
678 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
679 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
680 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
681 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
682 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
683 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
684 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
685 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
686 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
687 Comment administration improvements #2919
688 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
689 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
690 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
691 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
692 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
693 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
694 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
695 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
696 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
697 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
698 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
699 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
700 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970

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