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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 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
602 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
603 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
604 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
605 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
606 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
607 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
608 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
609 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
610 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
611 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
612 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
613 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
614 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
615 Config override in settings.php file doesn't work for permissions #6193
616 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
617 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
618 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
619 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
620 Add 'reverse' option to 'View result counter' #4590
621 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
622 Change the "Invalidate search index" process to a batched "Rebuild search index" #4182
623 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
624 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
625 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
626 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
627 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
628 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
629 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
630 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
631 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
632 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
633 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
634 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
635 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
636 Add filtering to path_autocomplete #4381
637 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
638 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
639 uuid and entity import / export #890
640 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
641 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
642 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
643 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
644 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
645 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
646 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
647 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
648 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
649 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
650 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
651 [UX] Admin bar: Move "Add new X" to the bottom of each fly-out menu #4586
652 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
653 [D8] Introduce a new example.settings.local.php file #4173
654 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
655 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
656 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
657 [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
658 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
659 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
660 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
661 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
662 Add global site logo token #5871
663 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
664 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
665 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
666 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
667 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
668 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
669 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
670 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
671 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
672 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
673 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
674 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
675 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
676 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
677 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
678 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
679 Mobile first approach theme #4131
680 Add a new core theme #5175
681 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
682 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
683 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
684 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
685 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
686 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
687 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
688 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
689 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
690 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
691 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
692 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
693 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
694 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
695 Apply image style to default picture #4976
696 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
697 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
698 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
699 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
700 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953

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