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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] Add links for quick access to editing things like the layout, theme, etc. of the current page #2626
902 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
903 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the permissions page (/admin/config/people/permissions). #980
904 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
905 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
906 Disable unused layout templates #5068
907 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
908 [UX][D8] Convert user pictures to an actual Image Field #243
909 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
910 Cache settings via admin section #1434
911 Add node's 'Menu link titles' to views #3248
912 [D8][UX] Add inline form errors #1040
913 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
914 Bulk delete taxonomy terms #2875
915 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
916 Provide an option to make language required for nodes (do not allow language = "none"). #673
917 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
918 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
919 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
920 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
921 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
922 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
923 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
924 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
925 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
926 [UX] Installer: request site configuration info (site name, admin account etc.) while the installer is running in parallel #3042
927 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
928 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
929 UX Idea: Allow rewriting the output of fields on display (without having to use views or custom code). #2608
930 Redirect UI: Separate internal paths/aliases vs external URLs. #1803
931 Seventy two theme #5928
932 DatabaseSchemaObjectExistsException: Table already exists in DatabaseSchema #2585
933 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
934 Optimize core book module via book_cache port #976
935 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
936 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
937 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
938 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
939 Content creation page cleanup #202
940 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
941 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
942 [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
943 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
944 Basis theme killer feature: Automatically generate color scheme from provided brand (logo/colors) #3231
945 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
946 [DX] Add contrib and custom directories to the docroot/modules directory. #1996
947 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
948 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
949 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
950 [D8] Trim summary on word boundary #599
951 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
952 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
953 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
954 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
955 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
956 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
957 [UX] Breadcrumb should include Primary/Secondary tabs #2260
958 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
959 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
960 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
961 [UX] Running cron.php from browser should return a success message rather than a blank page #2535
962 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
963 Remove the "Layout" part from the layout names in the layouts list. #945
964 Consider adding print styles in core report pages, or providing a way to export them as JSON #6136
965 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
966 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
967 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
968 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
969 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
970 [UX] Clarify Field Type choices on Field Settings page #2508
971 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
972 Add Mailsystem 3.x delegator class to core #3218
973 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
974 [A11Y][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
975 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
976 [UX] integrate file editing into the file field widget #2810
977 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
978 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
979 Use data-* to check modules dependencies before submit #565
980 Allow the addition of Dashboard context to any layout #6182
981 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
982 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
983 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
984 [BC] Decide on best way to make improvements to the CSS for core without breaking existing sites #4167
985 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
986 [UX] Views "Multiple field settings" should appear on field display settings, too #2993

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