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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 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
602 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
603 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
604 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
605 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
606 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
607 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
608 Add state_override function to core #4725
609 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
610 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
611 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
612 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
613 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
614 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
615 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
616 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
617 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
618 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
619 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
620 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
621 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
622 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
623 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
624 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
625 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
626 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
627 Menu router refactoring #2400
628 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
629 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
630 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
631 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
632 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
633 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
634 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
635 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
636 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
637 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
638 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
639 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
640 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
641 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
642 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
643 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
644 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
645 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
646 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
647 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
648 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
649 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
650 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
651 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
652 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
653 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
654 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
655 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
656 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
657 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
658 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
659 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
660 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
661 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
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 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
666 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
667 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
668 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
669 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
670 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
671 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
672 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
673 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
674 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
675 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
676 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
677 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
678 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
679 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
680 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
681 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
682 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
683 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
684 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
685 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
686 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
687 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
688 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
689 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
690 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
691 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
692 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
693 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
694 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
695 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
696 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
697 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
698 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
699 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
700 Content creation page cleanup #202

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