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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] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
902 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
903 [UX] Make it easy to find newly-added modules on the modules page #532
904 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
905 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
906 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
907 Modify `.htaccess` to allow backdrop to serve `.well-known` URIs #5583
908 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
909 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
910 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
911 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
912 Apply image style to default picture #4976
913 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
914 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
915 Add a comma-separated/list field formatter for multi-value fields. #316
916 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
917 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
918 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
919 uuid and entity import / export #890
920 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
921 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
922 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
923 [DX] Revert field storage back to Drupal 6 style normalized tables #56
924 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
925 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
926 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
927 Add a new core theme #5175
928 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
929 Enhance Available Updates Report to show date of release and date of latest commit #6207
930 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
931 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
932 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
933 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
934 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
935 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
936 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
937 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
938 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
939 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
940 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
941 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
942 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
943 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
944 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
945 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
946 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
947 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
948 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
949 Consider exposing `form_cache_expiration` and/or providing an option so that it can be cleared along with other caches. #3191
950 Add entity_save and entity_delete in core. #862
951 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
952 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
953 [UX] add "Allow Upscaling" checkbox to crop, and scale and crop effects #2763
954 [D8] Include Tour module in core #89
955 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
956 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
957 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
958 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
959 [DX][D9] Introduce a new `hook_requirements_alter()` hook, to allow altering entries defined in `hook_requirements()` implementations #6241
960 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
961 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
962 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
963 [WP][UX] Remove "tabs" for menu local tasks, move into contextual links (and/or admin bar) #464
964 [WP] Support HTML formatted emails in core #3727
965 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
966 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
967 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
968 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
969 [UX] Add responsive option to pager choice for Views and Search #6094
970 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
971 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
972 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
973 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
974 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
975 [UX] Improve the "Required by: Field type(s) in use..." info in modules page. #850
976 [D8][DX] Form API: Backport D8 `html_tag` element changes #3892
977 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
978 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
979 Enabling Backdrop-only required modules (e.g., Entity Plus) during upgrade from D7 #5499
980 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
981 Add HTML5 Placeholder to form inputs #3561
982 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
983 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
984 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
985 [Meta] Available updates report not as complete as Drupal 7 report #6252
986 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048

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