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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
901 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
902 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
903 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
904 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
905 [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
906 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
907 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
908 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
909 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
910 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
911 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
912 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
913 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
914 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
915 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
916 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
917 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
918 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
919 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
920 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
921 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
922 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
923 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
924 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
925 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
926 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
927 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
928 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
929 'Unused' module detector #5020
930 Create a printable Status Report #5821
931 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
932 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
933 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
934 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
935 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
936 [UX] Fix caching of favicons #898
937 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
938 Add support for tokens in the file field names and paths (File Field Paths module in core) #1440
939 Replace content translation with entity translation (and add an upgrade path) #52
940 Layout: path condition with a subdomain #1049
941 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
942 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
943 [UX] CKEditor/Rich text editor image sizing needs to be optional. #2010
944 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
945 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
946 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
947 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
948 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
949 Allow core libraries to be served via CDN #1593
950 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
951 [META] [UX] Provide a instant search/filter UI interface pattern for listing pages and enhance existing ones. #503
952 [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
953 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
954 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
955 Get Designer Input on BackdropCMS 'Out of the Box' appearance #5581
956 VBO: Allow bulk enabling/disabling comments on existing content. #2297
957 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
958 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
959 [UX] Layouts: Visibility conditions (and contexts): Entity ID text fields with autocomplete fields (or entity browser?). #1822
960 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
961 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
962 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
963 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
964 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
965 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
966 Cache settings via admin section #1434
967 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
968 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
969 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
970 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
971 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
972 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
973 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
974 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
975 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
976 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
977 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
978 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
979 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
980 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
981 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
982 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
983 [UX] Decide when to add 'block' to the end of block admin titles, and do so consistently. #2255
984 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
985 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
986 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790

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