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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] Provide options-element-like UI for the "Style List" text area for text formats #4385
902 Add status report message informing about CKEditor 5 upgrade #6346
903 [D8] Add "Required" and "Show by default" option for "Text area with a summary" field/widget #5793
904 Installer module should check for file-write permissions #3893
905 Implement sub-path aliases - a.k.a.: `subpathauto` or `path_alias_xt` in core #1418
906 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
907 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
908 [DX][META] Introduce functions similar to views_get_views_as_options() for other things #3545
909 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
910 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
911 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
912 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
913 Request: More style options for the table format in Views #2961
914 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
915 [SEO][WP] Text formats: Introduce new filter to enable native browser-level loading=lazy attribute for images added to text areas. #4587
916 Varnish Cache Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6164
917 [UX] Add path settings to file pages #4176
918 [DX] Allow JS in theme .info files to optionally specify header/footer as scope (default to header for BC) #5677
919 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
920 Auto-update `.htaccess`, `robots.txt`, or `settings.php` (when we can) #5929
921 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438
922 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
923 Installer should check digital signatures when downloading a package #3714
924 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
925 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
926 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
927 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
928 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
929 CKEditor: Provide a setting to switch skins. #2729
930 Easier/better way to revert Views' settings #4368
931 Editor image dialog: option to sync the width and height of the image and also option to override the sync #6385
932 Create a printable Status Report #5821
933 Allow some markup in views descriptions. #3885
934 Provide a form-item-inline class to help admin forms #5829
935 [UX] Add visibility conditions for menu location #3867
936 [DX][D9] Telemetry: gather Server Timing performance metrics #5183
937 [UX] Use "Configure" icons instead of the full word #3539
938 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
939 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
940 [DX] Layout Contexts not being passed to block in hook_block_view(). #2953
941 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
942 [META][UX] Better "Recent content" block #4576
943 [DX] Add user_role_has_permission function #6186
944 Showcase core features during install #4138
945 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
946 Idea: allow "pinning" base themes to specific versions (to solve the issue with breaking changes in core themes) #5941
947 [UX] Allow reordering of layouts from main Layouts page #5411
948 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
949 [UX] Make it easier to create layouts for paths that are already assigned to be aliases for existing content. #3703
950 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
951 [SEO][META] Provide some basic SEO meta tags OOTB #4995
952 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
953 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
954 Create Wordpress install profile #3127
955 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
956 Modify the CKEditor image dialog to use the new wrapper form for "file/add" and "Media Library Selector" mechanisms #2719
957 Upgrade UI module (similar to Migrate UI in D8) to help with moving from D7 #4345
958 "Create new revision by default" doesn't enable revisions #6103
959 [DX] Form API: Do not require #default_value for checkboxes to be provided as an array #5836
960 Dashboard block: Translations #3852
961 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
962 Add a new core theme #5175
963 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
964 [UX] Add charts to the dashboard #3529
965 Consolidate maintenance-related settings either in $state or $config #4723
966 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
967 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
968 [D8] Add new formatter - "URL to Image" to image field in Views #2921
969 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
970 [DX] Support some basic markdown-flavoured formatting in t() #4535
971 [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
972 Support the call of Ukraininan government and change “Russia” to “Russia is a terrorist state” #5712
973 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
974 Entity reference 7.x-1.6 #5952
975 [PS] Optimize menu_navigation_links_rebuild() #5389
976 [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
977 Add an upgrade path for CKEditor module #3684
978 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
979 Apply image style to default picture #4976
980 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
981 Menu router refactoring #2400
982 [UX] Fix pager styling on mobile #3099
983 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
984 [UX]/[DX] Add a fancy "copy to clipboard" button for views templates #2677
985 [UX] Allow a field HTML ID to be set as target in theme_token_tree_link() #4316
986 Introduce new "View own published content" #6397

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