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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
701 [DX] Provide a way to retrieve default/OOTB config values #4262
702 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
703 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
704 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
705 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
706 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
707 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
708 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
709 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
710 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
711 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
712 [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
713 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
714 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
715 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
716 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
717 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
718 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
719 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
720 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
721 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
722 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
723 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
724 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
725 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
726 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
727 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
728 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
729 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
730 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
731 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
732 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
733 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
734 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
735 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
736 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
737 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
738 More useful tags for views #6268
739 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
740 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
741 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
742 Add layouts into the search index #5128
743 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
744 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
745 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
746 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
747 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
748 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
749 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
750 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
751 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
752 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
753 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
754 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
755 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
756 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
757 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
758 Cache settings via admin section #1434
759 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
760 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
761 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
762 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
763 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
764 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
765 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
766 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
767 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
768 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
769 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
770 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
771 Implement createAccess for File entities #5479
772 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
773 [UX] Automatically clear caches after manual upgrades #5101
774 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
775 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
776 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
777 Create "Current Node" block #5774
778 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
779 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
780 Redirects write to json files? #4001
781 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
782 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
783 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
784 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
785 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
786 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
787 [UX] Provide users with a visual way to understand and build content types (a.k.a.: Dream Fields in core) #5292
788 Better Book navigation links #4879
789 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
790 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
791 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
792 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
793 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
794 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
795 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
796 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
797 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
798 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
799 Comment administration improvements #2919
800 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314

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