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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 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
702 [UX] Detect whether mod_rewrite is enabled (in Apache installs) and throw a warning in the clean URLs page. #1573
703 Allow regions titles #2647
704 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
705 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
706 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
707 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
708 [UX] Rename name "Filtered HTML" input format to "Basic" #1188
709 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
710 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
711 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
712 Content creation page cleanup #202
713 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
714 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
715 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
716 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
717 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
718 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
719 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
720 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
721 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
722 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
723 [D8][DX] Add Modernizr to core. #1009
724 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
725 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
726 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
727 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
728 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
729 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
730 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
731 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
732 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
733 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
734 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
735 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
736 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
737 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
738 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
739 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
740 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
741 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
742 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
743 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
744 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
745 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
746 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
747 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
748 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
749 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
750 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
751 Disable unused layout templates #5068
752 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
753 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
754 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
755 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
756 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
757 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
758 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
759 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
760 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
761 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
762 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
763 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
764 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
765 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
766 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
767 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
768 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
769 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
770 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
771 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
772 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
773 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
774 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
775 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
776 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
777 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
778 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
779 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
780 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
781 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
782 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
783 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
784 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
785 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
786 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
787 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
788 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
789 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
790 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
791 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
792 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
793 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
794 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
795 uuid and entity import / export #890
796 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
797 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
798 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
799 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
800 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684

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