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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 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
902 Support additional (popular) properties in the .info files of projects #119
903 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
904 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
905 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
906 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
907 File entity setting for garbage collection #2897
908 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
909 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
910 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
911 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
912 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
913 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
914 [UX] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
915 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
916 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
917 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
918 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
919 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
920 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
921 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
922 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
923 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
924 Allow regions titles #2647
925 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
926 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
927 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
928 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
929 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
930 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
931 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
932 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
933 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
934 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
935 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
936 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
937 [UX] Change the password reset form to use a single password field + show/hide toggle #4440
938 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
939 Do not throw exceptions in the updater, when nothing's broken (yet) #4003
940 Refactor the generation of SQL for dates and times into the database driver #2890
941 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
942 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
943 Create "Current Node" block #5774
944 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
945 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
946 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
947 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
948 Extend the 'hidden paths' feature to taxonomy #4653
949 [UX] Rename vocabularies & terms #4222
950 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
951 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
952 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
953 [UX] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
954 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
955 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
956 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
957 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
958 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
959 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
960 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
961 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
962 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
963 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
964 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
965 [UX] Add a filter weight reset option so we can Show 'enabled' text filters above 'disabled' ones #4408
966 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
967 [WP][UX] Dashboard: Dismissible blocks #3996
968 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
969 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
970 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
971 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
972 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
973 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
974 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
975 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
976 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
977 Use the default date entry format for the default date display format #4646
978 [DX] Allow enabling/disabling theme debugging via the admin UI #4211
979 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
980 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
981 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
982 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
983 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
984 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
985 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
986 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032

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