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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 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
902 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
903 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
904 Include Link Sanitize tests from D7 contrib module #5613
905 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
906 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
907 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
908 Feature request for Internal Redirects #3940
909 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
910 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
911 Restore Configurable Actions to core #3646
912 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
913 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
914 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
915 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
916 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
917 Add ability to edit a revision's message #5861
918 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
919 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
920 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
921 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
922 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
923 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
924 [UX] Allow cloning any user role (along with its permissions) #3813
925 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
926 Better handling of location in locale source #3451
927 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
928 Consolidate user links on admin bar #4643
929 Add warnings in site status page (end elsewhere?) to remove contrib module folders if added to core. #915
930 [DX][D9] Add the ability to deprecate the name (and value?) of entries in settings.php #5740
931 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
932 Basis: Update box-sizing method #4208
933 CKEditor5 Sections #5115
934 [D8] Ensure that entries are written to watchdog table #63
935 Add a language switcher to the admin bar when locale is enabled #5983
936 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
937 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
938 Responsive tabs for Seven: change the arrows to an ellipsis and an "x" close icon. #1498
939 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
940 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
941 [UX] Make the theme preview thumbnail clickable and show larger version of screenshot (à la lightbox). #1127
942 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
943 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
944 The farbtastic color picker is unmaintained since 2017 - replace with a modern/maintained alternative #5598
945 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
946 [D8][DX] Allow themes to declare dependencies on modules and layout templates #5316
947 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
948 Add global site logo token #5871
949 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
950 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Collapsible blocks #3995
951 Add a localization concept for user-provided strings to core #4894
952 Search form does not allow to be styled using icons #5573
953 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
954 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
955 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
956 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
957 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
958 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
959 Allow anonymous users to use a SESSION variable to set timezone #4612
960 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
961 uuid and entity import / export #890
962 Allow user/module to disable theme_debug for particular templates or modules #5746
963 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
964 [DX][D8] Allow config files to have dependencies #4188
965 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
966 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
967 [DX] Add `#indentation` property to FAPI elements. #5999
968 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
969 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
970 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
971 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
972 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
973 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
974 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
975 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
976 Better styling for UI links in book module #5609
977 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
978 [UX] When there is only one menu item in a section, don't list #4386
979 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
980 [D8][DX] Provide a generic 'entity_autocomplete' Form API element #5879
981 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
982 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
983 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
984 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
985 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
986 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770

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