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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] More info on field removal #3262
902 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
903 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
904 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
905 [A11Y] Convert core to use EM's for all @media and font-sizes #1775
906 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
907 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
908 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
909 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
910 Clean-up of Database after Migration from Drupal 7.x #6109
911 Allow site administrators to selectively disable entity caching #5632
912 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
913 [DX] Form API: provide form element(s) for CSS classes and IDs #5898
914 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
915 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
916 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
917 [UX] Add bulk operations (update/delete) in the URL path aliases list. #1979
918 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
919 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
920 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
921 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
922 [UX] Create a consistent and responsive step wizard for update.php and install.php #6290
923 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
924 [DX] Make File::access consistent with other entity classes. #5480
925 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
926 [D10] Layouts/blocks: Add visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes #6016
927 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
928 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
929 [D10] Date fields: Allow the "time ago" formatter to show as a fully cacheable time difference with JS #6022
930 Garbage collection deletes files if they are inserted where filter can't find them. #3826
931 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
932 Add a default 'posts' view to core #2152
933 Add function that returns default config #3251
934 [UX] Edit view from Layout blocks page #3501
935 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
936 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
937 Add new image style effect: mirror/flip vertically, horizontally and both. #1762
938 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
939 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
940 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
941 Consider adding an easy way to provide click-to-copy functionality in core #6135
942 Don't show the node_load_multiple() $conditions parameter as deprecated #5644
943 [DX] Add normalized project data into the database. #5905
944 [UX] Sort the image styles list in a meaningful way #2457
945 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
946 Provide the option for not displaying URL settings #3664
947 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
948 Add semantic markup to layouts #1970
949 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
950 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
951 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
952 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
953 [UX] Provide preview and confirmation of permission changes before saving them #6320
954 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
955 Create "Current Node" block #5774
956 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
957 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
958 [UX] When error messages are set to "None", show number of php critical errors in the admin bar badge. #2138
959 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232
960 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
961 'Unused' module detector #5020
962 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
963 [UX] Add # anchors to blocks in the Layout UI. #1724
964 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
965 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
966 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
967 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
968 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
969 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
970 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
971 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
972 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
973 [UX] Layout UI: Individual tempstore for each block (instead of the global, per-from one we currently have). #2429
974 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
975 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
976 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
977 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
978 Run tests for releases after project published ZIP file #1964
979 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
980 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
981 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
982 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
983 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
984 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
985 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
986 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652

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