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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 back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
602 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
603 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
604 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
605 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
606 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
607 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
608 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
609 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
610 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
611 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
612 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
613 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
614 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
615 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
616 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
617 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
618 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
619 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
620 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
621 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
622 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
623 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
624 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
625 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
626 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
627 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
628 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
629 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
630 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
631 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
632 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
633 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
634 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
635 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
636 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
637 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
638 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
639 Create a printable Status Report #5821
640 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
641 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
642 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
643 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
644 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
645 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
646 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
647 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
648 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
649 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
650 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
651 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
652 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
653 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
654 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
655 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
656 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
657 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
658 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
659 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
660 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
661 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
662 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
663 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
664 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
665 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
666 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
667 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
668 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
669 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
670 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
671 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
672 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
673 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
674 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
675 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
676 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
677 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
678 Remove syslog module from core #1260
679 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
680 [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
681 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
682 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
683 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
684 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
685 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
686 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
687 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
688 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
689 Add a new core theme #5175
690 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
691 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
692 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
693 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
694 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
695 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
696 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
697 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
698 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
699 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
700 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255

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