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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 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
902 Allow modules to provide flexible template row styles #5427
903 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
904 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
905 [PS] Add `webp` to default extensions on new image fields (if supported) #4998
906 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
907 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
908 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
909 Group interdependent checkboxes visually #6013
910 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
911 Mobile first approach theme #4131
912 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
913 [DX] Views query should not output { and } around database table names. #1389
914 [UX] Introduce a `confirm_dialog()` function #3771
915 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
916 Consider using Turbolinks (or similar) as a poor-man's BigPipe #3416
917 Remove grippie; use CSS "resize" property #340
918 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
919 Telemetry: Collect actual OS, not only type #5199
920 Separate the Term Reference field from Taxonomy module #5633
921 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
922 Deprecate watchdog() #4749
923 [DX] Form API: Allow specifying alternative configuration settings for elements using `system_settings_form()`, without having to use custom submit handler #4102
924 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
925 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
926 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
927 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
928 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
929 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
930 [D9] Add a sub theme starter kit to Basis #3914
931 [UX] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
932 Add a Pre-upgrade analysis/report to prevent people from forgetting something #3577
933 [UX] Allow bulk deleting menu links. #732
934 [PS][D9] Acquia Site Studio Visual Page Builder with a front-end, drag and drop user interface #5403
935 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
936 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
937 Create pseudo tokens to extend various functionality in text formatters ex :nolink #4992
938 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
939 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
940 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
941 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
942 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
943 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
944 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
945 [D9 feature parity] Killer feature: Fieldable Fields in core #3766
946 [UX] Admin bar search: Make certain search results distinct by prefixing their immediate parent item. #1002
947 [UX] Add a "Used in" column that shows layout(s)/region(s) where each menu is placed. #3407
948 User roles form: Replace the "Required" column with a useful "Description" column #5179
949 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
950 Add state_override function to core #4725
951 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
952 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
953 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
954 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
955 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
956 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
957 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
958 [DX] Add config->getData() to match config->setData() #3902
959 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
960 [DX][UX] Keyboard shortcut for admin menu search #3564
961 [UX] Open the field widget link in a modal #691
962 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
963 Add Selection Rules to Layouts for Filtering / Limiting Context Values #5376
964 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
965 [UX] Admin bar: Consider replacing the home button with a "Back to site" button. #2709
966 Comment titles should be removed from presentation and from database if not used #4967
967 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
968 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
969 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
970 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
971 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
972 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
973 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
974 [UX] limit field tokens on node type page to fields on that type #3752
975 [UX] [WYSIWYG] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview for the editor. #985
976 CKEditor: consider the new Autocomplete plugin (introduced in 4.10) for addition to core. #3357
977 [UX] timezone drop-down should group timezones by continent #2928
978 [Meta] Advanced configuration overrides (allow regex/wildcards and negation of settings within arrays) #5172
979 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
980 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
981 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
982 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912

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