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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] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
602 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
603 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
604 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
605 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
606 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
607 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
608 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
609 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
610 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
611 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
612 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
613 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
614 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
615 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
616 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
617 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
618 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
619 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
620 Comment administration improvements #2919
621 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
622 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
623 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
624 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
625 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
626 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
627 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
628 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
629 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
630 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
631 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
632 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
633 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
634 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
635 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
636 Allow admin theme CSS for dialogs to be used on front-end #2659
637 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
638 Telemetry: Collect the Server Application Programming Interface (SAPI) #5449
639 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
640 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
641 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
642 Filter module: Add a data-path-id for internal links to make it easier to track and update internal paths #5004
643 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
644 Layouts: Provide a way to define conditions based on field values. #2103
645 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
646 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
647 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
648 Replace user signatures & pictures with fields #1679
649 [UX] Hide all field labels by default #2902
650 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
651 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
652 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
653 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
654 As view fields, titles for Pageless nodes show links even for those without access. #5214
655 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
656 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
657 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
658 [DX] Config uses the term 'clear', change it to 'remove' or something more intuitive #2387
659 When using a term reference field only show the term options that are in the current language #4774
660 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
661 [UX] Field UI - clean up the field type selection #1041
662 Add indicator for menu-level visibility conditions #1929
663 [UX] Allow moving blocks from the front end? #3086
664 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
665 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
666 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
667 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
668 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
669 Allow regions titles #2647
670 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
671 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
672 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
673 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
674 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
675 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
676 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
677 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
678 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
679 [DX] bring back db_fetch_array() and db_fetch_object() #2081
680 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
681 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
682 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
683 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
684 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
685 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
686 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
687 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
688 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
689 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
690 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
691 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
692 Options to change parent link behaviour in responsive dropdown menus #2370
693 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
694 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
695 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
696 [UX] CKEditor: autocorrection. #1902
697 Create a tests case for version upgrade #1874
698 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
699 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
700 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703

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