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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][UX] Admin bar: Allow navigation by keyboard arrows (besides Tab/Shift+Tab) #1982
902 [A11Y] Change color of the Views hidden fields for the Seven theme #5261
903 Allow altering image style urls #5745
904 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
905 Make l() to call theme('link') when possible #6194
906 [UX] Contact module: Rename "categories" to "recipient groups" in the admin UI - allow customizing the label of the field in the public-facing form #5992
907 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
908 [UX] On the Add view page, expand block, and collapse page display #2978
909 Missing a possibility to get a books mlid value for views #5565
910 [UX] Hide redundant items in Node Edit form. #3705
911 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
912 Add permission "Clear log messages" #2242
913 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
914 Provide way for `entity_access()` to check for operations view, update and delete if no entity is provided #5474
915 Add new PR template, with reminder to reference an issue #5605
916 [UX] Project Installer: Make the sorting options responsive. #1779
917 [WP] Allow (optionally?) a limited set of HTML markup in node titles. #5081
918 [UX] Provide an instant search filter for the Configuration page (/admin/config). #978
919 Bring back the initial functionality of _field_write_instance function #5875
920 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
921 Add ability to configure inline image upload path with global/ site tokens #6401
922 Support tokens in Views "Global: custom text" field #3189
923 [UX] Rename "taxonomy" to "Categorization" in the user interface #203
924 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
925 Add plugins to ckeditor available in D7 contrib module via CDN, but not in Backdrop core. #3875
926 [UX] Machine names: replace/ignore invalid characters as they are being typed. #3541
927 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
928 [UX] Automatically update the "Admin Content" view to include language field and exposed filter when more than one language is enabled for the site. #1625
929 Prevent users from accidentally exposing their email addresses by using it for their username #2486
930 Consider converting the watchdog list to a view. #1302
931 Allow display settings for book navigation #1976
932 Telemetry: Collect Internet Status At Time Of Install #5222
933 [DX] Introduce a server-side conditional system (to possibly replace `#states`) #5750
934 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
935 Get rid of all Backdrop markers in HTML page source #4817
936 Add hook_field_schema_alter() #6208
937 Add 'Field HTML Trim' to core #6001
938 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
939 Why do we need to write the entire config data within update hooks? #3347
940 Add an upgrade path from Admin Menu to Admin bar #3687
941 [UX] File Field UI redesign. #1445
942 [UX] Project Installer: On each cron run, pull and cache locally a project list from b.org #2193
943 [UX] Refine permissions for Field UI #1079
944 [UX] Allow non-technical people to grab a text export of key information about their site - for troubleshooting requests #5461
945 [A11Y] Add `role="main"` attribute to primary content region in each Layout template #5610
946 [UX] Image styles: make crop and scale+crop effects smart. #1774
947 [D9] Add 'published' timestamp to nodes #5062
948 Add support for CKEditor 5 (CKEditor 4 becomes EoL in 2023) #4122
949 [UX] Views UI: in place rearrange of fields, filter and sort criteria. #963
950 [UX] Admin Bar: Add a single, centralized point of entry for adding content, files, user accounts etc. #5884
951 Convert the taxonomy listing and feed at /taxonomy/term/%term to Views #145
952 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
953 Admin UI: denote settings that may be overridden in settings.php #3856
954 Create a mechanism for dynamically determining output of file entities #2721
955 Ship core with a layout that uses node/% as context #3530
956 [ META] Add new interface for user selection of managed files #2718
957 [UX] Add content title match as search relevancy factor #3517
958 [UX] Allow the user to change their mind about manually entering a machine name... #1608
959 [UX] Side-by-side content translation UI #2438
960 [UX] Reflect the status of the comment settings in the "Comment fields" and "Comment display" tabs and offer connect-the-dots links to enable them. #1274
961 [DX] Add CSS classes to form elements that are hidden/shown via #states. #1969
962 [PS][D9] Dynamic Page Cache add in Backdrop core #5217
963 [UX][DX] Status report page: Provide filters/categories that apply to various personas #5758
964 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
965 [A11Y] Native dark mode support (at least for the Seven admin theme) #4778
966 Allow a hook to alter the list of CSS files parsed by Color module #6240
967 [UX] Content view "Operations" drop-down lists available operations in random order. #548
968 Introduce some missing permissions that allow global actions on files #6012
969 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
970 Provide chained term tokens for taxonomy_term_reference fields #2949
971 CKEditor: Add filter to allow empty HTML tags #3269
972 Add an upgrade path from block class module backdrop core. #3682
973 Block configuration settings: Support adding IDs. #2145
974 Put Backdrop JS Object at the bottom of the HTML Document #1051
975 [DX] Allow Config::get()/config_get() to specify a default - same as update_variable_get() #5453
976 One click install for digitalocean #5628
977 Custom/managed publishing options. #1742
978 'Unused' module detector #5020
979 OOTB: Provide an option to globally disable the personal contact forms, and make it the default for new installations #6067
980 [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
981 Allow Views to be grouped in Admin Menu #5895
982 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
983 Bulk operation for scheduling publishing of multiple pieces of content. #3115
984 [UX] [DX] Move the user page to a separate module #109
985 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
986 [UX][DX] Show location of config files on status report #3839

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