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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 Showcase core features during install #4138
602 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
603 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
604 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
605 Allow install profiles to be run after site creation #1591
606 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
607 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
608 Check if paths already exist when views or layouts are being installed. #1257
609 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
610 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
611 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
612 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
613 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
614 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
615 Add state_override function to core #4725
616 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
617 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
618 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
619 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
620 [UX] Let site builders add a new image style whenever they're selecting a style to use #1438
621 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
622 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
623 [UX] Include the "+ Add condition" link/button and the "Remove"/"Configure" links in the "Conditions" fieldset of the #1025
624 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
625 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
626 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
627 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
628 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
629 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
630 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
631 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
632 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
633 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
634 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
635 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
636 Feature/Package Module Proposal #1238
637 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
638 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
639 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
640 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
641 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
642 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
643 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
644 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
645 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
646 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
647 [UX] Offer option to replace the help text with a help icon that toggles its visibility (on by default on mobile). #1414
648 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
649 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
650 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
651 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
652 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
653 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
654 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
655 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
656 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
657 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
658 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
659 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
660 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
661 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
662 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
663 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
664 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
665 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
666 Trim textfields? #6386
667 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
668 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
669 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
670 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
671 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
672 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
673 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
674 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
675 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
676 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
677 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
678 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
679 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
680 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
681 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
682 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
683 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
684 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
685 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
686 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
687 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
688 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
689 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
690 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
691 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
692 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
693 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
694 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
695 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
696 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
697 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
698 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
699 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
700 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701

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