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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 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
602 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
603 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
604 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
605 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
606 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
607 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
608 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
609 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
610 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
611 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
612 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
613 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
614 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
615 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
616 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
617 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
618 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
619 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
620 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
621 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
622 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
623 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
624 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
625 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
626 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
627 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
628 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
629 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
630 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
631 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
632 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
633 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
634 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
635 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
636 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
637 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
638 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
639 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
640 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
641 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
642 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
643 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
644 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
645 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
646 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
647 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
648 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
649 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
650 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
651 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
652 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
653 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
654 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
655 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
656 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
657 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
658 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
659 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
660 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
661 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
662 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
663 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
664 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
665 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
666 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
667 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
668 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
669 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
670 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
671 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
672 Create "Current Node" block #5774
673 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
674 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
675 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
676 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
677 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
678 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
679 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
680 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
681 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
682 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
683 Add a new core theme #5175
684 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
685 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
686 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
687 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
688 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
689 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
690 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
691 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
692 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
693 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
694 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
695 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
696 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
697 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
698 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
699 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
700 Apply image style to default picture #4976

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