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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 Status page: Provide information about the security coverage of the currently-installed minor version #5759
902 Add option to set a maximum age of log messages #2243
903 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
904 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
905 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
906 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
907 [UX] Search settings: Convert the "Search items" section to a table. #3385
908 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
909 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
910 [META][D8][UX] Convert all confirmation pages to confirmation dialogs instead. #3769
911 [UX] Cannot access menu items in too long menus when the menu is set to stick at the top of the page. #1003
912 [UX] Allow switching the menu being used for a menu block. #3410
913 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
914 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
915 Provide a views filter handler for project properties #5904
916 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
917 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
918 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
919 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
920 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
921 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
922 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
923 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
924 Add check that active configuration directory is writable to system_requirements #5538
925 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
926 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
927 [UX] Add HTML5 Date Widget Support to Views Exposed Form #5768
928 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
929 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
930 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
931 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
932 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
933 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
934 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
935 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
936 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
937 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
938 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
939 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
940 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
941 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
942 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
943 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
944 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
945 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
946 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
947 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
948 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
949 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
950 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
951 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
952 Database log message is truncated at 56 characters and not configurable #5553
953 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
954 [DX] Add a helper function for messaging after saving settings forms #1364
955 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
956 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
957 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
958 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
959 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
960 [DX] Offer to backup and delete existing config to proceed with installation #6062
961 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
962 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
963 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
964 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
965 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
966 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
967 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
968 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
969 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
970 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
971 Make mobile menu toggle text configurable #6264
972 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
973 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
974 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
975 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
976 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
977 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
978 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
979 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661
980 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
981 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367

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