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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 [UX] Pathauto follow-up: implement autocomplete on fields that support tokens (when the user types "[") #2017
702 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
703 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
704 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
705 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
706 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
707 Add global site logo token #5871
708 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
709 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
710 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
711 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
712 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
713 Make problems with layout blocks more discoverable. #2320
714 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
715 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
716 Update.php should automatically apply any new configuration defaults #1832
717 Add function that returns default config #3251
718 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
719 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
720 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
721 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
722 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
723 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
724 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
725 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
726 [UX] Views: Offer an option for the pager to start counting from 1 instead of 0 #5566
727 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
728 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
729 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
730 Layout UI : Allow adding visibility conditions for Node:NID and Node:Type for paths other than node/% #1997
731 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
732 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
733 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
734 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
735 [UX] Allow the admin bar to be shown/hidden via a toggle #970
736 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
737 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
738 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
739 [D8] Convert "Recent content" block to a View #146
740 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
741 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
742 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
743 authorize.php should be used for all Installer module downloads/installs #2271
744 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
745 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
746 [UX] Make all visibility conditions available at all times (and automatically set appropriate paths, contexts and context relationships). #1815
747 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
748 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
749 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
750 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
751 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
752 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
753 [UX] differing interface patterns for "add new" and "save order" in different places in core #573
754 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
755 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
756 Setting intelligent defaults during content type fields creation #291
757 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
758 [UX] Streamline the process of disabling and uninstalling modules (a.k.a. "Uninstallation queue"). #2532
759 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
760 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
761 [UX] add an exposed filter for email address to the user account list #2512
762 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
763 Backdrop release procedure enhancement #1987
764 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
765 [UX] add the ability to order menus #3003
766 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
767 [UX] Dismissible status report messages. #4617
768 [UX] Make node title a proper (sortable too) field. a.k.a. Title module in core. #933
769 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
770 Use config for color module palettes #2554
771 Allow overriding Seven's header customisations #4205
772 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
773 [UX][A11y][D10] CKEditor toolbar configuration: allow adding/(re)moving buttons via keyboard #6159
774 Views: allow setting the "Items to display" value to "unlimited". #1460
775 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
776 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
777 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
778 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
779 [UX] Project Browser: Move the pages where one can **MANAGE** installed modules/themes/layouts as separate primary tabs under a single top-level menu item. #1780
780 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
781 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
782 Status page: Show information about supported image types by GD #5760
783 menu_tree_check_access() adds 1141 database queries #2825
784 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
785 [D8][DX] Add element #type table and merge tableselect/tabledrag into it #4388
786 Replace user-picture.tpl.php with a theme function #555
787 [DX] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
788 [META][UX] Figure out a better way to be able to insert introductory/summary/footer text in various places. #1673
789 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
790 Add CSS (JS?) code formatting automation #5568
791 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
792 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
793 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
794 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
795 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
796 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
797 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
798 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
799 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
800 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097

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