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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 [WP][SR] Dedicated "Privacy & security" section under "Configuration" #3624
902 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
903 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
904 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
905 Add a new core theme #5175
906 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
907 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
908 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
909 [UX] Add a "Back" button to the "Add block" dialog. #1644
910 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
911 link fields for in page navigation #go-to-here #1308
912 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
913 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
914 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
915 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
916 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
917 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
918 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
919 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
920 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
921 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
922 Apply image style to default picture #4976
923 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
924 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
925 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
926 [UX] Better alignment for drop buttons. #1090
927 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
928 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
929 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
930 Create a printable Status Report #5821
931 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
932 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
933 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
934 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
935 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
936 [UX] Flexible templates UI: Allow "visual" region width changing, using left/right drag handles, and width indicators #5167
937 Basis: Add basic font-sizes to skin.css #2410
938 Re-introduce block caching support. #1619
939 [UX] New interface for editing, previewing, and saving theme settings #1949
940 [META] [UX] Improve the overall creation and placement of custom blocks experience. #1277
941 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
942 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
943 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
944 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
945 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
946 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
947 Is the Admin Menu z-index value high enough? #5372
948 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
949 Make "Compose tips" (long version of tips) for text formats discoverable from "Formatting options" fieldset #4953
950 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
951 [UX] Change tags field display to use 'tag blocks' when entering tags #2121
952 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
953 [UX] Allow the label (perhaps machine name too?) of fields to be edited straight from the "Manage fields" and "Comment fields" tab. #1443
954 [UX] Project Browser: Merge the pages in the UI where one can **INSTALL** a module, theme or layout into a single primary tab, under a single top-level menu item. #1701
955 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
956 Rename default Contact form category #4703
957 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
958 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
959 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
960 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
961 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
962 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
963 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
964 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
965 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
966 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
967 Security: Consider adding an option to load public forms through AJAX. #1592
968 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
969 Remove syslog module from core #1260
970 [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
971 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
972 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
973 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
974 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
975 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
976 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
977 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
978 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
979 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
980 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
981 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
982 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
983 Allow setting a default value for Alt and Title text in image fields #1439
984 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
985 [UX] Permissions page: Make permission groups rows collapsible/expandable. #1046
986 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397

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