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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 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
602 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
603 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
604 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
605 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
606 Add global site logo token #5871
607 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
608 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
609 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
610 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
611 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
612 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
613 [D8] Introduce a new `file_url_transform_relative()` function #4106
614 [DX][D8] CMI: Add config_exclude functionality to core #4079
615 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
616 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
617 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
618 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
619 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
620 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
621 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
622 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
623 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
624 [UX][D10] Show bulk operations only when items have been selected, and hide filters when that happens #4701
625 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
626 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
627 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
628 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
629 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
630 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
631 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
632 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
633 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
634 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
635 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
636 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
637 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
638 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
639 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
640 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
641 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
642 Add visibility conditions for the "login pages" and admin paths (and negation for them as well) #4476
643 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
644 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
645 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
646 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
647 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
648 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
649 Administration Bar module should not use popup #6270
650 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
651 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
652 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
653 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
654 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
655 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
656 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
657 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
658 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
659 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
660 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
661 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
662 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
663 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
664 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
665 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
666 Add function that returns default config #3251
667 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
668 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
669 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
670 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
671 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
672 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
673 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
674 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
675 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
676 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
677 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
678 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
679 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
680 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
681 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
682 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
683 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
684 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
685 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
686 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
687 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
688 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
689 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
690 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
691 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
692 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
693 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
694 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
695 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
696 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
697 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
698 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
699 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
700 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898

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