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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] Rename "Configuration" to "Settings" #1161
902 Docblock in page.tpl.php lists incorrect 'available' variables. #1981
903 Use config for color module palettes #2554
904 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
905 Build a flexible "JSON consumer" block for Dashboard #3891
906 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
907 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
908 Translation of taxonomy terms #4720
909 Add pagers to watchdog entries #3546
910 Config management diff: Rename "Old" and "New" to something more meaningful #3221
911 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
912 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
913 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization Views in core #1375
914 [UX] Link to the Layouts admin page from the Custom blocks admin page. #1360
915 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
916 [SR] Facilitate 2FA+MultiFactor compatibility (2FA/two-factor -> MFA/multi-factor) #2788
917 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
918 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
919 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
920 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
921 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
922 [UX] Add a `kitchen sink` of options to the Filtered text format #1520
923 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
924 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
925 [UX] Views: better indicate which View Displays and Sections are affected by a change #2985
926 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
927 [DX] Add a Production/Development Toggle to core. #1144
928 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
929 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
930 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
931 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
932 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
933 Is correcting the way form ID's named worth spending time on? #4706
934 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
935 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
936 SMTP / PHPMailer module in core #3199
937 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
938 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
939 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
940 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
941 Seventy two theme #5928
942 Allow to filter interface translation for "context" with "contains" (LIKE) #4940
943 Add new Date field widget to utilize HTML5 #date input type #4255
944 [DX] [CMI] Add a site-wide concept of storage state (like ctools) #1345
945 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
946 [UX] Decrease size of help text input textareas #2747
947 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
948 Trim textfields? #6386
949 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
950 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
951 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
952 [A11Y] UX Fields to add html tag Attributes for fields, menu links and blocks #5158
953 [UX] Project installer: Provide link to update report from installer update tab #4471
954 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
955 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
956 Allow title callbacks to return unsanitized text (after being run through t()) #2974
957 [UX] Allow selecting a layout for a view page from the view add/edit form. #1130
958 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
959 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
960 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
961 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
962 Expand the "Global settings" fieldset when creating new fields #5345
963 Dashboard: Add a Configuration Manager widget #5322
964 Browse Server Button on Link Dialog in Ckeditor so a list of files on the site can be displayed #4688
965 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
966 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
967 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
968 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
969 Extend the "Hide path display" feature ("page-less nodes") to other core entities #4912
970 [UX] CKEditor - Provide default styles #4233
971 Improve the way search (re)indexing works. #1337
972 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
973 Create new form that wraps the "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" forms for re-use #2720
974 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
975 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
976 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
977 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
978 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
979 [UX][DX] When a module is enabled, automatically set a message containing the link to configure #5135
980 [UX] Provide indication in the admin interface, when config values have been overridden in settings.php #4455
981 [UX][WP] CKEditor: Add word count #1477
982 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
983 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416
984 Add an 'URL alias update queue' for entities associated with an updated entity #1124
985 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
986 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839

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