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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] admin bar search results should not be allowed to span further than the page height. #520
902 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
903 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
904 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
905 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
906 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
907 Add ability to skip running tests on PR #5575
908 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
909 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
910 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
911 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
912 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
913 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585
914 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
915 [UX] disable "upload" button on file widget until file has been selected #908
916 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
917 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
918 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
919 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
920 [DX] [BC] Deprecate, reduce use of, or remove DBTNG #61
921 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
922 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
923 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
924 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
925 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
926 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
927 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
928 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
929 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
930 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
931 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
932 Ability to add custom file fields to Node Edit Form #5738
933 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
934 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
935 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
936 [DX][UX] Form API: Make it so that required fields that are hidden via #states are only validated when visible. #2732
937 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
938 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
939 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
940 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
941 [DX] Add a hook_library_alter() to remove unwanted things more easily #3718
942 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
943 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
944 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
945 Simplify Layout configuration #5592
946 Add function that returns default config #3251
947 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
948 [UX] Consolidate database-related information in the status report page, and add some basic db usage metrics #5864
949 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
950 Define aims and outstanding technical tasks for distro support and Features-style config packages in core #99
951 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
952 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
953 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
954 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
955 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
956 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
957 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
958 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
959 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
960 Allow altering image style urls #5745
961 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
962 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
963 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
964 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
965 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
966 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
967 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
968 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
969 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
970 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
971 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
972 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
973 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
974 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
975 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
976 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
977 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
978 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
979 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
980 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
981 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
982 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
983 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
984 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
985 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
986 'Unused' module detector #5020

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