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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 Redirects write to json files? #4001
602 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
603 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
604 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
605 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
606 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
607 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
608 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
609 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
610 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
611 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
612 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
613 [UX] Auto Updates for security/modules #414
614 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
615 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
616 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
617 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
618 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
619 [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
620 Use config for color module palettes #2554
621 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
622 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
623 More useful tags for views #6268
624 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
625 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
626 Custom Block contextual link #4390
627 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
628 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
629 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
630 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
631 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
632 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
633 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
634 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
635 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
636 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
637 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
638 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
639 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
640 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
641 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
642 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
643 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
644 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
645 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
646 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
647 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
648 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
649 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
650 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
651 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
652 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
653 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
654 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
655 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
656 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
657 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
658 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
659 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
660 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
661 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
662 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
663 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
664 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
665 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
666 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
667 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
668 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
669 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
670 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
671 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
672 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
673 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
674 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
675 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
676 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
677 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
678 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
679 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
680 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
681 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
682 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
683 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
684 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
685 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
686 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
687 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
688 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
689 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
690 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
691 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
692 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
693 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
694 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
695 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
696 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
697 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
698 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
699 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
700 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176

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