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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 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
902 Give details about why a permission 'has security implications' #5536
903 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
904 [UX] Convert the "Install from a URL" text field to a text area to allow installing multiple projects in one go. #1561
905 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
906 [UX] combine different kinds of views link fields #3457
907 [D7] Support summaries in CKEditor or introduce a teaser break plugin #1222
908 Allow text formats to be cloned. #4501
909 Provide an actual maintenance mode #3060
910 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
911 [DX] Provide a version of check_plain() that does not escape (for RSS feeds) #4112
912 [UX] Views/Field formatter: Count #2634
913 Preview of menu machine name is inaccurate while adding a menu #5807
914 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
915 [UX][D8] Merge the "List links" and "Edit menu" operations into a single administration page. #475
916 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
917 Cannot create menu items linking to existing files #3945
918 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
919 [UX] Admin Bar: Make "Development" a top-level menu item #3652
920 Make 'gid' column in 'node_access' table VARCHAR #1396
921 [DX] Form API: Be able to tell system_settings_form() to ignore some form elements, without having to use a custom submit handler #4713
922 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
923 [UX] More info on field removal #3262
924 [UX] Terminology for configuring a block seems odd #1016
925 Add permission for users to be able to administer their own contact form #4292
926 Provide smarter default query string key names for views exposed filters #2893
927 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
928 Layout API: Provide contexts to custom blocks #5666
929 [UX] Modules Manual installation box needs to take modules names in any case #2885
930 Double click prevention #6393
931 Allow Link fields to be restricted to only internal or external URLs #5678
932 Improve Instant Search Reset on Modules and Permissions Page #5933
933 Allow search result display to be controlled via view modes #829
934 Update 'Syndicate' block allow selection of available feeds #2136
935 [SR][UX] Flood control: Better workflow and allow users to self-serve #5522
936 [UX] do not lock the admin bar when a modal is active. #1721
937 Contact module roadmap: 80% usecase of Webforms in core #3808
938 [UX] Add # anchors to vtabs. #1537
939 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
940 [DX] backdrop_process_states: Introduce a new `primary`/`secondary` set of states for submit buttons #3441
941 [UX] Add a default Taxonomy (tag/category) layout #1164
942 [UX] Link fields: Automatically fill in the title of the content that is being linked #4479
943 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
944 [UX] Move new password show/hide toggle to inside the password fields. #3046
945 [DX] Introduce a new `#` placeholder for `format_string()`, that formats user-facing text as code #6191
946 Flexible Layout Templates - Add hero ROW by default to new templates #4091
947 [UX] Allow limiting allowed text formats per field instance (per content type). #2615
948 [UX] Provide an option to sort the keys/values of the options select form elements #5823
949 Views: Autocomplete exposed filters #2423
950 [UX] Automatically sanitize the value of URL alias fields (remove preceding/trailing slashes and make sure the path is not absolute). #1957
951 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
952 [D8] theme_table() should take an optional footer variable and produce tfoot #3627
953 Rename default Contact form category #4703
954 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
955 Add function that returns default config #3251
956 Make the homepage field when anonymous commenters must/may leave their contact information configurable #4279
957 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
958 [DX] Add a legacy upgrade_mappings database table #2855
959 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
960 Change message to "Your comment has been updated" on comment update #5701
961 Add a form API element for `image` that includes image type and size validators natively. #5946
962 [UX] Explore the idea of converting the "Save"/"Cancel" text to links in the messages of "dirty" forms. #789
963 Optimize `views_handler_field_field()` to only load full entities if needed #2104
964 [UX] Idea: Bigger "required" indicators for fields (a red ❌ next to the field) plus a red focus "halo" around the field. #5505
965 [UX] Layout UI: Collapsible block groups. #1691
966 [UX] add a hook_requirements check for disabled modules, not uninstalled #3778
967 [UX] Use Javascript to complete block Admin label fields based on Display title #1523
968 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
969 [D8][UX] Add a toggle in the admin bar for showing/hiding contextual links on mobile #3417
970 Ability to specify absolute or relative links only in Link fields #1158
971 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
972 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
973 [DX] Implement hook_hook_info() to help organize module code #3024
974 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
975 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
976 [UX] Menu paths: replace the silly <front> placeholder with a dropdown and rename it to "home page" #2588
977 [UX] Either get rid of MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM or change the way it works in a way that fixes UX WTFs #5834
978 Menu router refactoring #2400
979 [CMI] Export/Import an entire content type (or other entity type) with its fields all at once #408
980 [UX] Layouts UI: Reusable visibility condition templates. #1942
981 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
982 [UX][DX] provide utility functions to retrieve field labels #3620
983 [D8] Port and merge Internationalization in core (feature parity with D8). #1374
984 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
985 'Unused' module detector #5020
986 Upscaling in out-of-the-box image style 'Large'. #3232

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