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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] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
602 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
603 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
604 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
605 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
606 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
607 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
608 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
609 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
610 [META] Improve the project screenshots functionality in the project browser #3061
611 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
612 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
613 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
614 Cache settings via admin section #1434
615 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
616 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
617 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
618 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
619 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
620 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
621 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
622 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
623 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
624 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
625 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
626 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
627 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
628 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
629 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
630 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
631 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
632 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
633 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
634 More useful tags for views #6268
635 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
636 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
637 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
638 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
639 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
640 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
641 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
642 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
643 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
644 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
645 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
646 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
647 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
648 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
649 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
650 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
651 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
652 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
653 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
654 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
655 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
656 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
657 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
658 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
659 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
660 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
661 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
662 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
663 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
664 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
665 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
666 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
667 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
668 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
669 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
670 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
671 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
672 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
673 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
674 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
675 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
676 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
677 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
678 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
679 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
680 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
681 Mobile first approach theme #4131
682 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
683 Add a new core theme #5175
684 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
685 Create a printable Status Report #5821
686 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
687 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
688 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
689 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
690 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
691 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
692 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
693 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
694 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
695 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
696 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
697 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
698 Apply image style to default picture #4976
699 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
700 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815

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