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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 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
602 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
603 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
604 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
605 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
606 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
607 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
608 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
609 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
610 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
611 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
612 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
613 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
614 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
615 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
616 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
617 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
618 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
619 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
620 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
621 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
622 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
623 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
624 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
625 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
626 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
627 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
628 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
629 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
630 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
631 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
632 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
633 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
634 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
635 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
636 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
637 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
638 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
639 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
640 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
641 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
642 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
643 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
644 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
645 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
646 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
647 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
648 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
649 Use config for color module palettes #2554
650 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
651 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
652 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
653 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
654 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
655 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
656 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
657 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
658 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
659 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
660 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
661 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
662 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
663 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
664 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
665 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
666 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
667 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
668 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
669 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
670 Showcase core features during install #4138
671 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
672 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
673 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
674 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
675 [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
676 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
677 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
678 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
679 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
680 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
681 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
682 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
683 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
684 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
685 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
686 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
687 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
688 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
689 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
690 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
691 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
692 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
693 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
694 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
695 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
696 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
697 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
698 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
699 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
700 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114

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