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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 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
602 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
603 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
604 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
605 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
606 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
607 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
608 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
609 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
610 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
611 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
612 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
613 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
614 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
615 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
616 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
617 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
618 Better Book navigation links #4879
619 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
620 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
621 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
622 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
623 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
624 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
625 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
626 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
627 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
628 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
629 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
630 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
631 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
632 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
633 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
634 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
635 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
636 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
637 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
638 Create a printable Status Report #5821
639 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
640 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
641 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
642 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
643 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
644 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
645 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
646 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
647 Allow content types to be enabled/disabled via the admin UI #3883
648 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
649 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
650 [UX] Allow 'manage file' from Image Library #3544
651 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
652 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
653 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
654 "Available updates" page seems unresponsive the more installed projects there are. #3337
655 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
656 Allow PHP libraries to be added via hook_library_info() #2911
657 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
658 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
659 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
660 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
661 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
662 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
663 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
664 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
665 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
666 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
667 [UX] Mobile project browser: make search result filters better for mobile #3096
668 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
669 [UX] Display the "Default" block title on Add/Configure block UI #2665
670 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
671 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
672 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
673 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
674 [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
675 Ship core with a layout that uses user/% as context #3531
676 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
677 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
678 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
679 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
680 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
681 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
682 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
683 Kickass Feature: Allow extracting a color scheme from an uploaded image, and apply it to themes supporting color module. #3328
684 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
685 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
686 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
687 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
688 'Unused' module detector #5020
689 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
690 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
691 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
692 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
693 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
694 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
695 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
696 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
697 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
698 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
699 [UX] Add a 'visible' property to display modes #3082
700 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790

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