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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 More replacement tokens for node urls #4239
902 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
903 [D8] CKEditor: Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images #2658
904 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
905 [DX] Make views query output easier to read with indentation & line breaks #1590
906 [UX] Swap tab order of "Export" and "Import" config pages #2185
907 [UX] Change user/login to /login and /user/logout to /logout #1248
908 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
909 [UX] Better image style previews. #1772
910 Allow more granular HTML filter options for HTML attributes, not just tags #6100
911 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
912 [DX] Form API: provide a 'type' => 'status_message' element. #3329
913 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
914 Allow limiting access to menu items per-role #4465
915 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
916 Confirmation dialog for orphaned files #2899
917 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
918 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
919 [DX][D8] Provide a single command to install & run Backdrop #4040
920 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
921 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
922 [UX] Consider replacing the block title type drop-down with an always required (and unique) block title field. #2483
923 Cache settings via admin section #1434
924 [UX] Layouts: Use icons within drop buttons on small/mobile screens #1974
925 [UX] Block config: Prevent the user from accidentally creating conditions that never/always display a block. #1021
926 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
927 Ability to change themes based upon a layout #6296
928 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
929 [D8] Add Breakpoints in core #4669
930 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
931 Reconfiguring the administrative layout #3072
932 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
933 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
934 Improve 'Last updated' date shown when installing modules. #4224
935 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
936 [UX] Introduce button group UI component #2643
937 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
938 [UX] Have a "Contact" menu item be enabled and added to the primary navigation by default when enabling contact.module. #1572
939 [UX] Display php error messages in a dedicated block so we can limit visibility per role. #2139
940 [UX] Display a Welcome page after upgrading Backdrop to the latest version #1225
941 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
942 [DX] Add project's 'install time' to system table #1726
943 [DX] Allow `config_get()` to return a default value - like `settings_get()` and `update_variable_get()` do #6108
944 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
945 [UX] Taxonomy checkboxes/radios: Use indentation instead of dashes to denote children terms. #3292
946 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
947 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
948 Site-wide settings for file garbage collection #2896
949 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
950 [D7] Add alt and title fields for the image file type? #4007
951 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
952 [UX] Layout UI: Per-block "dirty" form messages. #2430
953 Add a simple way in core to define private and public access for nodes/entities. #1407
954 Views: Add <audio> and <video> to the available options in the "Customize field HTML" for file fields. #1966
955 [D8] Port and merge Local Image Input Filter in core #1384
956 [UX] Allow bulk-adding/editing vocabulary terms and menu items. #1006
957 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
958 [UX] Add help text on "uninstall modules" page /admin/modules/uninstall that modules need to be disabled first #6309
959 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
960 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
961 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
962 Add permissions to view and use button "Clear log messages" #3056
963 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
964 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
965 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
966 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
967 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
968 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
969 Prepend the content type name in the "Permissions" vtab permission names when creating a content type. #1539
970 Establish a "fonts" directory in a place where it can be shared between core and contrib themes. #2127
971 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
972 [UX] Provide a theme switcher. #1711
973 Allow themes to have `config` folders #6122
974 'Unused' module detector #5020
975 [UX] Show result count and result range in search results #3261
976 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
977 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
978 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
979 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
980 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
981 Redirects write to json files? #4001
982 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
983 Implement <time> tag for time stamps in core, e.g. date posted, comment date #2416

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