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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] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
602 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
603 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
604 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
605 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
606 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
607 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
608 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
609 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
610 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
611 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
612 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
613 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
614 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
615 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
616 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
617 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
618 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
619 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
620 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
621 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
622 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
623 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
624 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
625 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
626 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
627 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
628 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
629 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
630 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
631 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
632 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
633 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
634 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
635 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
636 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
637 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
638 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
639 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
640 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
641 [UX] Add the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" links to the operations dropbutton in the content type admin page and also the respective admin menu items. #1262
642 [DX] Add Flush all caches > Views to admin bar #5737
643 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
644 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
645 Suggestion: Post-upgrade Summary After Drupal 7 Migration #5606
646 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
647 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
648 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
649 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
650 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
651 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
652 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
653 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
654 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
655 [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
656 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
657 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
658 Rename default Contact form category #4703
659 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
660 Provide a "System metrics" entry in the status page, to show disk space, RAM usage, and database size #5858
661 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
662 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
663 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
664 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
665 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
666 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
667 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
668 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
669 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
670 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
671 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
672 [DX] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of config entries #5741
673 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
674 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
675 [A11Y] tablist needs tab roles for children elements #5982
676 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
677 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
678 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
679 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
680 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
681 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
682 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
683 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
684 Apply image style to default picture #4976
685 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
686 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
687 Cache settings via admin section #1434
688 Create option for a cropped image style to provide consistent image size for Cards view #5593
689 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
690 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
691 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
692 [UX] Consolidate PHP-related information in the status report page, and add some basic PHP memory usage metrics #5863
693 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
694 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
695 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
696 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
697 Add a new core theme #5175
698 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
699 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
700 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979

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