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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 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
902 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
903 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
904 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
905 Consider displaying which modules were enabled/disabled after enabling/disabling on the "List Modules" page #6331
906 [D9] Date: allow setting MIN and MAX dates, only past dates, or only future dates, or both #4648
907 Add link to installer on module list for missing modules #5792
908 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
909 [D8] Keep a snapshot of configuration directory in database #4212
910 [UX] Remove the textarea_with_summary field type #490
911 Incorporate Layouts UI to "manage displays" for entities #6039
912 'Unused' module detector #5020
913 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
914 Add cropping to default image styles #5590
915 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
916 [WP] Add the ability to schedule config changes #3185
917 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
918 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
919 [UX][PS] Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib #6143
920 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
921 Add 'Save user(s)' action #5656
922 [WP][UX] Use admin-theme for Log In form #4410
923 Allow tokens to be used in the default value of fields. #885
924 Path filter/tips is not very useful and unlikely to be found #5912
925 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
926 Redirects write to json files? #4001
927 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
928 Replace taxonomy_index with taxonomy_entity_index #103
929 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
930 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
931 [UX] Layout deletion confirmation form: add more explanation and options #5511
932 [D8] Token: Add "Safe tokens", and expose them in the admin UI #4755
933 Views: improve the "last" link of pagers #2332
934 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
935 [UX][WP][D8] Allow the admin bar to be docked in various sides of the screen #1842
936 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
937 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
938 Configuration manager to offer choices when config staging folder includes files #6383
939 Allow selecting an existing date format for log messages #4621
940 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
941 Move "Expanded" option for Menu Items to Block settings #5428
942 Can we add a class to the admin tabs? #4207
943 [UX] Turn the installer into a 1-minute installer #467
944 Link module: validate internal links and ensure protocol-less URLs can pass validation #5000
945 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
946 [UX] Views: Make the "Label for "Any" value" a text field and have it be configurable per view and per exposed filter within each view. #2033
947 [D8] Allow image fields to use any extensions the current image toolkit supports #3136
948 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
949 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
950 [UX] Idea: replace the various options for registering/canceling user accounts with a set of permissions #6163
951 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
952 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
953 Custom Block contextual link #4390
954 Views advanced settings: Only one page region, but still a drop-down. #852
955 [UX] Improve the default user management view and account edit form with links to manage permissions/roles #5918
956 [D9] Users must verify email when changing user email addresses #5210
957 [WP] Add URL Alias as machine name-like field to node titles #3993
958 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
959 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
960 [DX] Allow nested form elements to be attached to radio and checkbox options. #2304
961 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
962 [UX] Layout UI: Template radios: the way we indicate a "selected" template is too subtle (and same as the hover-over indication). #1824
963 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
964 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
965 [UX] Provide some help text about temporary files in the "Manage files" form #6388
966 Add option to run-test.sh to allow skipping troublesome tests. #4607
967 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
968 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
969 [DX] Introduce a `config_delete()` function, and improve/fix documentation around config deletion. #4186
970 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
971 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
972 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
973 Add layout name in class for custom layout. #2012
974 Allow admins to unblock someone easily without having to go into the database #3111
975 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
976 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
977 Add content type name as a part of a new field name suggestion #6172
978 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
979 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
980 [UX] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
981 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
982 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
983 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180

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