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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 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
902 Provide a mechanism to load low-level backends #2383
903 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
904 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
905 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
906 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
907 Allow form elements for updates in update.php #1912
908 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
909 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
910 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
911 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
912 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
913 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
914 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
915 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
916 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
917 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
918 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
919 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
920 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
921 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
922 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
923 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
924 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
925 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
926 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
927 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
928 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
929 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
930 Create a printable Status Report #5821
931 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
932 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
933 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
934 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
935 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
936 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
937 Request to add a link to project pages for modules on Functionality page #4179
938 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
939 Trim textfields? #6386
940 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
941 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
942 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
943 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
944 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
945 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
946 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
947 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
948 Display default views on a separate tab #4369
949 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
950 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
951 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
952 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
953 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
954 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
955 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
956 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
957 [SR] Add a minimum length setting for passwords #4589
958 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
959 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
960 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
961 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
962 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
963 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
964 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
965 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
966 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
967 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
968 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
969 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
970 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
971 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
972 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
973 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
974 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
975 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
976 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
977 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
978 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
979 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
980 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
981 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
982 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
983 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
984 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
985 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
986 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585

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