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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 [A11Y] Make collapsible fieldset accessible #6408
902 Add a "Site Category" field to site info #1543
903 Consolidate messages about modules merged into core if more than one module detected. #1163
904 Allow editing term machine names (a.k.a. Taxonomy Machine Name module in core) #3093
905 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
906 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
907 [D8] Allow forms to set custom validation error messages on required fields #5348
908 [D8][UX] Add hidden and read-only field widgets (for the node edit form). #2101
909 Create New Field API for more efficient fields #2661
910 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
911 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
912 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
913 Change the default profile on tests from Standard to Testing #4943
914 Allow the values of list field types to be pulled from a view. #1677
915 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
916 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
917 Don't hard-code the line wrapping in backdrop_mail() and _backdrop_wrap_mail_line() #6237
918 [D8] Port and merge Localization Update in core #1377
919 Media: Use field mapping to automatically store metadata/EXIF info #3333
920 One click install for digitalocean #5628
921 [DX] Add a `project_get_info` helper function. #2385
922 Views UI: Edit Basic Settings #2906
923 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
924 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
925 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
926 Javascript end-to-end testing #5160
927 Allow leaving feedback on projects from the Project Installer UI. #1914
928 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
929 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
930 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
931 [DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes #6061
932 [A11Y] Append the current tab in the breadcrumb (even if as an invisible element). #1535
933 [UX] Set date formats by country #1521
934 [UX] Add a log-in form to the update.php page, and expose it to anonymous users ONLY when db updates are pending. #3078
935 Rename default Contact form category #4703
936 [A11Y][D9] Provide a "Visually hidden" option for the display of field labels #5766
937 Enable dropdown menu for menus in header block #5330
938 [UX] Add the ckeditor spell-check plugin #2071
939 Allow deleting modules/themes/layouts via the "Uninstall" function of Project Installer. #2648
940 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
941 [D8] Date fields: Support both future/past dates at the same time with the "time ago" formatter #6021
942 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
943 [UX] Allow reusable blocks to be made non-reusable (by cloning them into a non-reusable instance) #4303
944 [UX] Move admin menu system tasks to their own dropdown? #1368
945 Link to all release notes between installed and recommended versions #3303
946 [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
947 [UX] Add a site-wide "E-mail address(es) to notify" setting #2365
948 Admin interface for manual garbage collection #2898
949 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
950 [DX] Allow `language_list()` to output select list `#options` with both the native and the non-native language labels #5901
951 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
952 [SR][UX][DX] Provide a `sensitivetext` formAPI element that pulls from settings as well as state #5136
953 Add options to Block Name in Views #1880
954 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
955 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
956 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
957 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
958 Add mini pager option to Search module #6083
959 Use smart dictionaries for object compression #1511
960 [UX][D8] Create/select layout for a specific page from the content add/edit form. #1131
961 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
962 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
963 Provide a list of "Enabled Modules" somewhere to help with debugging #5791
964 Tweak Theme Overview page to group sub-themes by parent theme #5318
965 Allow comments to be attached to any entity type #2048
966 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
967 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
968 [D10] Views page displays: Provide a new option to use the admin theme #6025
969 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
970 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
971 More useful tags for views #6268
972 [UX] Add nowrap CSS to field suffixes (ex the machine name span) #1349
973 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
974 Layouts: Visibility conditions available when one of two required contexts are missing #4594
975 Expose breakpoints as a visibility option for blocks and layouts. #2347
976 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
977 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
978 [UX] Do not reload the page when using the "Reset" button in the instant filters (modules listing and permissions page) #5910
979 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
980 Add layouts into the search index #5128
981 Layouts: Allow tokens to be used in custom page titles. #1860
982 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
983 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
984 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
985 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
986 [UX][D8] Make position of #description (help text) configurable via the API #1403

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