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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 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
902 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
903 [UX] Appearance page: Denote the theme selected as admin theme (same as we do for the default theme). #1105
904 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
905 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
906 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
907 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
908 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
909 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
910 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
911 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
912 Allow Access to Image Library for Core Hero Block #5739
913 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
914 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
915 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
916 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
917 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
918 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
919 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
920 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
921 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
922 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
923 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
924 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
925 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
926 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
927 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
928 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
929 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
930 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
931 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
932 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
933 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
934 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
935 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
936 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
937 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
938 [D8] Allow enabling modules (and themes/layouts?) via config sync / import #5163
939 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
940 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
941 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
942 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
943 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
944 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
945 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
946 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
947 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
948 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
949 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
950 [WP] Add Token Filter to core #5352
951 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
952 [SR] Provide a status report entry for the database connection status #4945
953 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
954 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
955 Add global site logo token #5871
956 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
957 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
958 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
959 [UX] Mobile project browser: decrease amt of scrolling needed on Mobile #3097
960 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
961 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
962 Add a views filter/argument for Term Depth #2666
963 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
964 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
965 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
966 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
967 Replace the draggable.png icon with a modern one, and add up/down-only and left/right-only variants. #5152
968 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
969 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
970 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
971 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
972 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
973 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
974 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
975 Remove syslog module from core #1260
976 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
977 Comment administration improvements #2919
978 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
979 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
980 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
981 [UX] Some UI improvements to Book module #5331
982 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
983 [UX] Language switcher block: allow some basic customization via the block configuration form #4924
984 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
985 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
986 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439

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