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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 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
902 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
903 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
904 Disable unused layout templates #5068
905 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
906 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of nodes to a modal. #769
907 Enable revisions by default / CRAP and entity revisions everywhere in core. #1465
908 [UX] Default drop-button action for node types should be 'manage fields' #1116
909 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
910 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
911 [UX] Provide a report page that lists all configured paths where files are being saved. #4585
912 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
913 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
914 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
915 Improve the styling of color input elements in the admin theme #4155
916 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
917 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
918 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
919 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
920 [UX] Add the ability for default layouts to be cloned (like views). #1674
921 [UX] Better Menu permissions #384
922 Put all search results on a single page (with facets?) #1330
923 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
924 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
925 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
926 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
927 [UX] Maintenance mode: Do not render the "Create new account" tab, the navigation menu and the account menu when in the "Log in" or "Reset password" pages. #2529
928 [DX] Form API: Allow individual options in select elements to be set to disabled #5837
929 Allow default/required settings on multilingual ("Language") fields #4322
930 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
931 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
932 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
933 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
934 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
935 Create a list of all entity types under Reports. #1449
936 [WP][SR] Add email obfuscator to core #3270
937 [UX] CKEditor: Replace the "Add a caption" checkbox with a "Caption" field #1093
938 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
939 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
940 Add per-bundle token info to hook_token_info() #5707
941 [UX] Add a token-browser-like PHP date format helper dialog #4556
942 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
943 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
944 [UX] Inject "mini modules forms" in various places where it makes sense #5949
945 CSS Architecture with SASS, SMACSS, and BEM #4129
946 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
947 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
948 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
949 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
950 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
951 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
952 Double click prevention #6393
953 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
954 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
955 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
956 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
957 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
958 EntityStorageException: The username and email are both addresses that do not match. (But what are they?) #5857
959 Allow separate edit and display titles for field #4310
960 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
961 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
962 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993
963 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
964 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
965 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
966 [UX] Make special field items (such as title, language and path alias) available in the "Manage display" tab. #1444
967 Support SVG in Image Library #5541
968 Create the settings.php file if missing. #1075
969 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
970 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
971 [D10][PS] CSS and JavaScript aggregation performance improvements #5718
972 Create option to add a supplemental stylesheet to Basis - to safely make css updates #4512
973 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
974 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
975 [UX][DX][A11Y] Start using inputmode for fields and form elements as appropriate #5964
976 Flexible layout templates: Allow selecting an existing layout template, as a starting point #4115
977 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
978 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
979 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
980 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
981 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
982 [UX] When uninstalling a module, list all things that will be lost (blocks, views, menus) in the confirmation page. #1624
983 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
984 [UX] Improve editing data and time format patterns #1284
985 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
986 Feature to add multiple Layouts together #5585

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