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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] Support #attributes in theme_help() and theme_more_help_link() #6007
902 Add an option (checkbox) in the layout settings for "Page title type" that enables/disables appending the " | [site-name]" part to the page <title>. #1790
903 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
904 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
905 [UX] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
906 [DX] Allow combining the types of placeholders for the t() function, and introduce a new one for text that should be wrapped in code/pre tag HTML tags #6190
907 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
908 [UX][D8] Allow 'Content: Link' views field to just output URL #3419
909 [UX] CKeditor: Allow the Styles dropdown to use tag names (for easy use of the <small> tag) #2980
910 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
911 Add a check for missing modules or dependencies #5625
912 Evaluate the reasons for removal of the Trigger module from core. #2522
913 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
914 Add filtering to the List Views page like the filtering that existed in D7 #5896
915 Create redirects for bulk alias delete #1993
916 Reuse test prefixes instead of rebuilding them for each test #4353
917 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
918 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
919 [PS] Set cache lifetime to 1 year for static assets #3937
920 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
921 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
922 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
923 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
924 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
925 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
926 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
927 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
928 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
929 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
930 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
931 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
932 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
933 [DX] Simplify getting and setting of values without using the 'und' data structure in entities #2240
934 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
935 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
936 [UX] Project Browser: Improve the project details modal. #1778
937 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
938 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
939 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
940 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
941 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
942 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
943 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
944 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
945 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
946 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
947 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
948 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
949 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
950 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
951 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
952 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
953 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
954 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
955 Consider using a flat-file cache for the page cache #716
956 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
957 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
958 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
959 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
960 Apply image style to default picture #4976
961 Create "Current Node" block #5774
962 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
963 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
964 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
965 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
966 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
967 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
968 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
969 [UX] Rich-text Image/text flow. #987
970 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
971 Don't count markup characters as part of the text length #309
972 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
973 Add a new core theme #5175
974 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
975 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
976 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
977 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
978 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
979 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
980 Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths. #1528
981 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
982 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158

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