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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 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
602 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
603 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
604 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
605 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
606 [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
607 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
608 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
609 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
610 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
611 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
612 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
613 Saving a content type display should not return up to the Manage Displays list #4291
614 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
615 [UX][D8] Views: Expose responsive classes in the UI via table settings #3656
616 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
617 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
618 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
619 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
620 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
621 Cache settings via admin section #1434
622 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
623 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
624 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
625 uuid and entity import / export #890
626 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
627 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
628 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
629 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
630 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
631 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
632 Make new field labels visible by default #6192
633 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
634 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
635 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
636 Create a printable Status Report #5821
637 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
638 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
639 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
640 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
641 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
642 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
643 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
644 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
645 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
646 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
647 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
648 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
649 [UX] Reduce the size of the potentially unwieldy parent link selector on content type and content edit pages #6392
650 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
651 [DX] Backward compatibility in theme_item_list() #6398
652 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
653 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
654 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
655 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
656 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
657 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
658 Add a "remove" UI for modules & themes (& layouts?) #5320
659 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
660 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
661 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
662 [D8][UX] Add a "Placeholder" input field to Views Exposed Filters to allow HTML5 Placeholder #4910
663 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
664 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
665 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
666 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
667 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
668 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
669 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
670 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
671 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
672 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
673 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
674 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
675 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
676 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
677 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
678 Menu router refactoring #2400
679 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
680 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
681 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
682 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
683 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
684 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
685 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
686 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
687 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
688 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
689 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
690 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
691 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
692 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
693 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
694 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
695 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
696 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
697 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
698 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
699 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
700 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836

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