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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] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
702 [META] [UX] Add more Display Suite features #2084
703 [DX] Allow `theme_get_setting()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6107
704 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
705 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
706 [DX] Form API: Provide a `'type' => 'css_classes'` form element. #3702
707 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
708 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
709 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
710 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
711 [UX] Create more intuitive behavior for "Customize" button to manage displays #5129
712 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
713 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
714 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
715 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
716 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
717 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
718 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
719 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
720 Allow pseudo fields to have configurable settings #3859
721 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
722 Alternative approach to translating config, using get/set #3522
723 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
724 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
725 Add admin tagging API to entities, menus, etc. #5307
726 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
727 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
728 Make the 404 / 403 page setting "translatable" #4881
729 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
730 Introduce `entity_goto()` shortcut for `backdrop_goto()` on Entity paths #5838
731 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
732 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
733 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
734 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
735 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
736 Views: Filter results by matching data with current content #3683
737 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
738 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
739 [UX] Make sidebars collapsible in Harris layout #5486
740 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
741 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
742 [D8] Image styles: add "Convert" effect/action #5107
743 [D10] Views: (even more) responsive grid format #5719
744 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
745 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
746 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
747 [D7] Provide method to get the pager's element ID #5958
748 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
749 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
750 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
751 Search terms along with nodes #3850
752 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
753 [SR] Better/safer file type validation #3830
754 'Manage files' view sometimes shows incorrect filename #3507
755 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
756 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
757 [DX] Form API: Allow number fields to specify an array of suggested values (#options) #5285
758 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
759 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
760 [UX] Add a new pageless node above the "Promoted Content" block on Home page #4849
761 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
762 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
763 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
764 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
765 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
766 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
767 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
768 [UX] CKEditor configuration: Add a label to the "button separator" button #3666
769 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
770 Add function that returns default config #3251
771 Provide `original` vocabulary to presave and update vocabulary hooks #5475
772 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
773 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
774 [UX] Reduce Update Status module's nagging messages on admin/* pages #5083
775 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
776 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
777 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
778 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
779 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
780 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
781 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
782 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
783 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
784 [UX] Layouts: Allow menu "source" to be changed from within any menu block #3820
785 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
786 CKEditor: Figure out a way to clear its cache so that plugin changes show up right away. #3460
787 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
788 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
789 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
790 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
791 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
792 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
793 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
794 Add global site logo token #5871
795 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
796 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
797 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
798 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
799 [UX] Add "Configure page title" tab to Layout admin pages #3983
800 Remove syslog module from core #1260

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