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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 Log warnings when projects are encountered without a 'type' #4866
902 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
903 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
904 [UX] Image Library view: Dynamic number of items per page #4560
905 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
906 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
907 Mobile first approach theme #4131
908 One click install for digitalocean #5628
909 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
910 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
911 Allow attributes to be passed to backdrop_add_css() and backdrop_add_js() (SRI) #5478
912 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
913 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403
914 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
915 Allow to trigger the site status alert (red button) remotely #5097
916 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
917 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
918 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
919 Allow 'Main Page Content' block to use a specific display mode #4341
920 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
921 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
922 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
923 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
924 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
925 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
926 View configuration UI: Add indicator denoting rewritten fields #5287
927 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
928 More useful tags for views #6268
929 Add the ability to create a CSS class for image field in Views #2920
930 [DX] Use `token_get_all()` for parsing settings*.php files rather than using regex in `backdrop_rewrite_settings()` #6297
931 Allow themes to be installed, uninstalled, and updated (treat them like modules) #4829
932 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
933 [UX] Allow multiple screenshots for modules themes and layouts #1517
934 [UX] Change layout 'Visibility conditions' links to a drop button #4529
935 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
936 [UX] Allow image styles to be ordered/sorted. #1141
937 [DX] Save Dev time, make a console notice for Backdrop.behaviours #4116
938 [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
939 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
940 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
941 [D10] Add the static analyzer tool PHPStan to Backdrop core #5467
942 [UX] Mobile project browser: make it easier to get to the queue #3098
943 Make Backdrop misconfiguration messages friendlier #6110
944 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
945 Add and Utilize Label and Description for the Admin Interface and Consolidate Help Text #5079
946 Provide "Delimited" and "HTML list" display formatters for fields #2674
947 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
948 [DX] Remove unused item attributes (per delta) on fields #1352
949 [D8] Form API: Introduce proper #types for 'option' and 'optgroup', and make #options consistent. #4312
950 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
951 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
952 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
953 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
954 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
955 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
956 [DX][D9] Add helper functions to inject/move items into a particular position in associative arrays #5247
957 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
958 Add an "unsorted" indicator to table columns #5221
959 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
960 [UX] Add help text and improve the UI to clarify things around layout templates #6314
961 [UX] Display a warning message when editor changes from Full HTML to something else #4807
962 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
963 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
964 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
965 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
966 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
967 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
968 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
969 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
970 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
971 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
972 Add fallback to HTTP for update manager #5455
973 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
974 Add permissions for viewing blocked user account profiles (and/or their content) #6123
975 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
976 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
977 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
978 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
979 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
980 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
981 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839
982 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
983 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
984 [UX] Manage display: use the 'dirty' form flag when field settings are changed, in order to indicate that the form needs to be saved. #927
985 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
986 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025

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