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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] Add information about removed modules to the uninstall page #3779
902 Move the file `description` column to file_managed table. #2070
903 [UX] Provide a menu-centric workflow for creating the website structure (à la content_menu) #434
904 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for enabling/uninstalling modules to a modal. #3770
905 Add option to Views for hiding empty blocks #3411
906 Ensure Backdrop deletes all files it puts into /tmp #3253
907 Better reporting for CKEditor 4 vs 5 in Telemetry #6342
908 Use database independent calls to initialize the testing cache. #2888
909 Simple Mode - Ability to toggle between simple and advanced admin features #4692
910 [D8] Add a phone field type #1342
911 1.15 [UX] Follow-ups for auto menu settings in core #4251
912 Add Claro administration theme to core #5241
913 [UX] Add a requirements warning when site_mail domain doesn't match. #2364
914 All config_*() functions should accept `$type` for consistency. #4821
915 Allow non-administrative users the ability to publish/unpublish/schedule content #815
916 Allow user to set custom background color on core hero block #3918
917 [D8][SR] Add the ability to block IP addresses (feature parity with Drupal). #1878
918 [UX] Allow site admins to specify which menu is to be used in the admin bar. #5519
919 [DX] hook_field_*_settings_form() should have $form and $form_state parameters #3590
920 Add "All day" functionality for the HTML5 widget #6142
921 [UX] Views save/cancel buttons are at the top right #3054
922 Make the value of e-mail field visiable on user profile's View page #5663
923 Transliteration: smarter "retroactive" transliteration of existing file names. #1506
924 [UX] Layout path selection: Make it more user friendly #2618
925 [UX] Project installer: Clarify reason that the server does not support automatic updates #4470
926 Show notice in the admin UI when .htaccess, robots.txt, or settings.php have been updated in a release, and either link to instructions, or auto-update when safe/possible #5911
927 [UX] Layout UI: Visibility conditions: URL path: Allow browsing and selecting pages. #1129
928 Status Report should flag duplicate module installs #5464
929 Add a global/standardized way to add icon to external links #4047
930 Disable unused layout templates #5068
931 [DX][D8] Provide a mechanism to deprecate permissions #5030
932 Store entity bundle in comment table #2046
933 Make pager more efficient by not generating (and running) a countQuery #404
934 [UX] Add a "Place in a layout" action for menus in the menu listing page. #3406
935 [DX] Add entity_get_bundles() as a convenient method for getting the label of a bundle. #3243
936 Trim textfields? #6386
937 [UX] Redirect from system path to alias (GlobalRedirect in core) #2871
938 [UX] install.php: Provide help text for site name #4675
939 Provide views field handler to access project properties from the `info` column in the `system` table #5820
940 Add target="_blank" attribute to "Powered by Backdrop CMS" link #4230
941 [D8] Manage form display: Allow managing form fields non-programmatically #5219
942 [DX][BC] Deprecate `module_exists()` and add a `project_exists()` function #2337
943 [DX] Form API #states: support 'regex' and 'less'/'greater' (than) for value comparison #4781
944 [UX] Move the confirmation dialog for deletion of menu links to a modal. #770
945 [UX] Display a reminder to uninstall modules after disabling them #3911
946 [UX] Project Browser should run some pre-flight checks #1858
947 Contact form message templates edited via the UI #3568
948 Redis super easy with Redis Enterprise Caching to improve performance Backdrop CMS #6165
949 [D9][UX] Add a user-friendly parent menu browser in the content add/edit form. #3029
950 Move the Color module to a contributed project #5667
951 [PS] Use signatures instead of the form cache #1470
952 [UX] List modules that need to be enabled on the config sync page #2604
953 Seventy two theme #5928
954 [UX] Maximum upload size should be an integer element #1120
955 [UX] Project installer: collapse met dependencies in the "Enable modules" step #5454
956 Allow fully deleting text formats #4013
957 [UX] Move non-displayed pseudo fields to vertical tab or group on "Manage fields" page #4002
958 Add a link to the BackdropCMS.org page on module list for each module #5003
959 [UX] "Cancel" links and "Save and add another" buttons when adding vocabulary terms, menu items, and user accounts #1004
960 [DX] Make certain field values and entity properties available during save. #2032
961 [DX] Provide a utility for retrieving a single project's info (and settings?) #332
962 [UX] CKEditor: Include the Balloon Toolbar plugin introduced in 4.8, and start using it. #3356
963 Allow copying settings from other content types when adding an existing field #3229
964 Allow opening block configuration forms on their own page (not in a modal) #1659
965 [UX] Add parent menu selector to menu add/edit link form #6390
966 [UX] Fix hook_update_dependencies() so it won't skip necessary updates #2852
967 [UX] Search block: Provide options to render either as a separate field/button, or as a searchbar #4652
968 [D8][DX] FAPI: Allow easy sorting of the translated options of select elements #5824
969 Backdrop needs a "related posts" feature #1317
970 [UX] Support importing D7 views exports (at least in the 1.x cycle) #4213
971 [DX][D8] Allow entity types to specify canonical and additional URIs #5212
972 [UX] Add an admin preview of the type of menu for menu blocks in the "Manage blocks" page. #2325
973 [UX] Menu link items should be kept in sync with their respective content titles #4759
974 [UX] Make field settings visually clearer, no indication that you’re a layer deeper. #744
975 [UX] Rich Text editor inserting/updating images before a file is uploaded #3900
976 [D8][UX] Merge Special Menu Items module functionality in core (allow <nolink> and <separator> menu items). #1840
977 Text area with Plain text processing doesn't display line breaks #5515
978 [META] Use UUIDs in more places #3563
979 List of Modules should show required contrib modules #6173
980 [D8][A11Y] ALT attributes should be enabled by default on new fields and have an option to set ALT and TITLE attributes as required #3006
981 Idea: Provide code names for major Backdrop releases #1458
982 [UX] User "locked" in the authorize.php page #2580
983 [D7] Add setting for which roles can be assigned #4437
984 [UX] Append `This role receives all new permissions by default.` text to the description of the admin role #5940
985 [UX] Redesign the Themes page #1103
986 [UX] Dashboard block to highlight recent and notable bug fixes or feature updates #5438

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