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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 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
902 [DX] Support a way to declare conflicts in .info files #4993
903 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
904 [DX] Switch to a simplified array syntax for database connection information in settings.php #2231
905 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
906 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
907 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397
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 Add more HTML5 elements for dates #326
914 Create a field_storage_exists() function #5180
915 [UX] Allow the "Book outline" vertical tab in the content create/edit form to be hidden from users with the "Administer book outlines" permission #3638
916 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
917 [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
918 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
919 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
920 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
921 [DX] Provide an easy way to add classes to the wrapper tags of form elements #3917
922 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
923 Offer to remove module dependencies that are no longer needed #3582
924 [UX] Consider moving operations out of their drop-buttons on wide screens. #733
925 [DX] Add settings/page for contextual links settings #5404
926 Automatically create a node/% layout when one is created for node/NID #5539
927 Enhanced Float-Value Display Options #5379
928 [SR] Security hardening: provide a mechanism to expire sessions #5545
929 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
930 Link module: Provide an option to allow for a predefined list of static titles #4970
931 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
932 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
933 [D9] Add menu link support into views #4505
934 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
935 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
936 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
937 [UX] Add the ability to make any standard layout template a flexible one #4114
938 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
939 [UX] [Layouts UI] Consider adding a side-by-side live preview. #986
940 [D8] Views Content Cache #3399
941 Creating multiple fields simultaneously while creating a content type #292
942 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
943 Ability to include module configuration in config recipe even if config already exists #5173
944 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
945 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
946 Add markup or message field to contact form #4721
947 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
948 Display the field machine_name along with the label on the display mode #6200
949 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
950 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
951 Add display of file details to the 'manage file' form. #3904
952 Add allowed_values_function to list field UI #3565
953 [UX] Make block titles required and allow them to be hidden. #692
954 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
955 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
956 Add more properties to project .info files... Initial Release date, Current Release Date, Categories, D7 base module or theme if any #5367
957 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
958 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
959 [D7] Tokens missing from Backdrop core. This issue was considered major in D7. #4952
960 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
961 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
962 [UX] Flexible layout templates: Provide a selectable list of "presets" #4484
963 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
964 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
965 [DX] Introduce a new `user_permission_get_info()` function #4097
966 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
967 Convert /admin/content/book to a View #3735
968 [UX] Add back the hide/show descriptions toggle in the Configuration page (/admin/config). #979
969 [DX][BC] Replace module_load_include() with new, more generic function #206
970 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
971 [UX] Flexible templates: Replace the single "Add row" button with multiple ones #5166
972 Layout API: function to add a block to a layout region programmatically #5662
973 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
974 [UX] Combine Permissions for `Field` and `Field UI` #4710
975 Enable Entity Reference in new installations #5913
976 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
977 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
978 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
979 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
980 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
981 [DX] CMI: see if we can make those "storage" numbers in .json files less cryptic. #3562
982 [UX] Config import should search recursively for config files to import #661

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